1. Contested Status: Contemporary Challenges to Political Elites and Elite Responses [Lars Vogel, Ronald Gebauer, and Axel Salheiser] PART I: Elite Autonomy and Security in Modern Democracies
2. Elite Autonomy and Post-Industrial Problems of Employment [John Higley] 3. On the (Lack of) Autonomy of Political Elites as Representatives [Jean-Pascal Daloz] 4. Economic Elites ? Political Elites: Scenes from a Symbiosis [Heinrich Best] 5. European Citizens and Elites in Times of Economic Crisis and Citizen Unrest [Ursula Hoffmann-Lange and Mindaugas Kuklys] Part II: (Changing) Elite Structure
6. Degradable Elites? Modes and Factors of Parliamentary Turnover in Europe in the Early 21st Century [Luca Verzichelli] 7. When Political Elites Select Political Elites: Insights into Accumulation of Autonomous Political Capital [Daniel Gaxie] 8. Careers of Long-Standing Legislators and Making of the Parliamentary Elite: Evidence from 25 Baltic Parliaments [Mindaugas Kuklys] 9. Recruitment of Technocrats in Romanian Cabinets [Lauren?iu ?tefan] 10. Farewell to the Party Elites? Politically Inexperienced Ministers in Central and Eastern European Cabinets [Elena Semenova] Part III: (Changing) Elite Attitudes and Behavior
11. Irresponsible Elites in Opposition and Government: The Hungarian Case [Gabriella Ilonszki and Gyorgy Lengvel] 12. Theorists of their Own Practice: Democracy as Seen by Weimar Politicians [Jens Borchert] 13. Immigration and its Consequences for European Integration: A Multi-Level Analysis of European National Representatives’ Perceptions [Ronald Gebauer and Lars Vogel]