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Overview

John Higley is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research primarily intersects the fields of sociology and political science, with a focus on issues related to corruption and economic development.

Their recent scholarly contributions include the following papers:

  • Elite Trust and the Populist Threat to Stable Democracy, 2020, published in American Behavioral Scientist
  • The Democracy Ideal and Elites, 2022, published in Academia Letters

The publication venues where John Higley has contributed include:

  • American Behavioral Scientist
  • Academia Letters

John Higley's research has also concentrated on the following main topics:

  • Corruption and Economic Development

Subfield research areas encompass:

  • Sociology and Political Science

Best Publications

  • The Elite Variable in Democratic Transitions and Breakdowns

    John Higley;Michael G. Burton

  • Elite Foundations of Liberal Democracy

    John Higley;Michael Burton

  • Elite integration in stable democracies: a reconsideration

    John Higley;Ursula Hoffmann-Lange;Charles Kadushin;Gwen Moore

  • The Persistence of Postcommunist Elites

    Jan Pakulski;Judith S. Kullberg;John Higley

  • Elites and Democratic Consolidation in Latin America and Southern Europe: Introduction: elite transformations and democratic regimes

    Michael Burton;Richard Gunther;John Higley

  • Elite Integration in the United States and Australia

    John Higley;Gwen Moore

  • Elites and democratic consolidation in Latin America and Southern Europe

    John Higley;Richard Gunther

  • Elites and Democratic Consolidation in Latin America and Southern Europe: About the contributors

    John Higley;Richard Gunther

  • The elite connection : problems and potential of Western democracy

    John Higley;Eva Etzioni-Halevy

  • New Theoretical Perspectives on Democratization@@@Economic Reforms in New Democracies: A Social-Democratic Approach@@@Politician's Dilemma: Building State Capacity in Latin America@@@Elites and Democratic Consolidation in Latin America and Southern Europe@@@Capitalist Development and Democracy

    Karen L. Remmer;Luiz Carlos Bresser Pereira;Jose Maria Maravall;Adam Przeworski

  • The Palgrave handbook of political elites

    Heinrich Best;John Higley

  • Elites, Crises, and the Origins of Regimes

    Mattei Dogan;John Higley

  • Democratic elitism : new theoretical and comparative perspectives

    Heinrich Best;John Higley

  • Elites in Australia

    John Higley;Desley Deacon;Don Smart

  • Postcommunist elites and democracy in Eastern Europe

    John Higley;Jan Pakulski;Włodzimierz Wesołowski

  • Elite division and voter confusion: Australia's republic referendum in 1999

    John Higley;Ian McAllister

  • Elites after State Socialism: Theories and Analysis

    Christopher Paul;John Higley;Gyorgy Lengyel

  • Elite transformation in central and eastern Europe

    John Higley;Jan Pakulski

  • Elite Theory and Elites

    John Higley

  • Elite Settlements and the Taming of Politics

    John Higley;Michael G. Burton

  • The Study of Political Elite Transformations

    Michael Burton;John Higley

  • A New Elite Framework for Political Sociology

    G. Lowell Field;John Higley;Michael G. Burton

  • Elites and Democratic Consolidation in Latin America and Southern Europe

    Richard Gillespie;John Higley;Richard Gunther

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Gunther
Richard Gunther The Ohio State University
Charles Kadushin
Charles Kadushin Brandeis University
Adam Przeworski
Adam Przeworski New York University
Ian McAllister
Ian McAllister Australian National University
Dietrich Rueschemeyer
Dietrich Rueschemeyer Brown University
Karen L. Remmer
Karen L. Remmer Duke University
Jorge I. Domínguez
Jorge I. Domínguez Harvard University
Barbara Geddes
Barbara Geddes University of California, Los Angeles

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