Preface.
1. Studying Elites: Theoretical and Methodological Issues George Moyser and Margaret Wagstaffe Part I: Political and Social Elites
2. Surveying National Elites in the Federal Republic of Germany Ursula Hoffmann-Lange
3. Studying Members of the United States Congress Barbara Sinclair and David Brady
4. Interviewing Party-Political Elites in Italy Geoffrey Pridham
5. Studying a Religious Elite: The Case of the Anglican Episcopate Kenneth Medhurst and George Moyser 6. Oral History as an Instrument of Research into Scottish Educational Policy-Making Charles Raab Part II: Economic Elites
7. The Fly on the Wall of the Inner Sanctum: Observing Company Directors at Work John Winkler
8. The Study of a Business Elite and Corporate Philanthropy in a United States Metropolitan Area Joseph Galaskiewicz
9. Working on Directors: Some Methodological Issues Peter Brannen Part III: Defensive Elites
10. The Threatened Elite: Studying Leaders in an Urban Community Margaret Wagstaffe and George Moyser
11. Elite Studies in a ‘Paranocracy’: The Northern Ireland Case Paul Arthur
12. The Study of Soviet and East-European Elites Christopher Binns
13. Interview Political Elites in Taiwan Moshe M. Czudnowski. Bibliography. Index.