elite

aristocrat

fancy

is one who does not proceed through fixed pathways to power but utilizes dispersed networks of all kinds, such as school, leisure and family, to name a few.

Foucault's notion of 'capilary power' is one where power relationships are distributed between a great many points, just like in the circulation of blood through fine branching blood vessels. The idea that Bourdieu sought to document in his research was that elites do not proceed through fixed pathways to power but utilize dispersed networks of all kinds, such as school, leisure and family, to name a few. Thus, what is important when thinking about power and class is that some people are able to access networks that others cannot, to the detriment of their careers, status and opportunities to develop all sorts of 'capital'. Bourdieu then adopted a network-sensitive methodology that set the scene for much of the social network analysis of power that goes on today.

is one with political power who controls the distribution of resources in their locale.

those with political power and who control distribution of resources in their locale (Marcus 1998)

is a group that begins to tremble in their boots when ordinary people wake up.

When ordinary people wake up, elites begin to tremble in their boots. Cornel West

is the necessary complementary conception to democracy.

the necessary complementary conception to democracy.

democracy

is a substitute for aristocracy in a democracy.

Elite: a substitute for aristocracy in a democracy.

elite, n.All

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