Elite Continuity and Discontinuity Pattern

An Elite Continuity and Discontinuity Pattern is an elite transformation pattern that can determine ruling elite class compositions during ideological elite transition periods.

• AKA: Elite Circulation Pattern, Leadership Class Transformation Pattern, Power Elite Reconfiguration Pattern.
• Context:
  • It can typically manifest Elite Adaptation Strategy through ideological elite rebrandings while maintaining elite power positions.
  • It can typically involve Asset Conversion Process through political elite capital transformations into economic elite resources.
  • It can typically create Coalition Realignment through strategic elite alliance shifts among competing elite factions.
  • It can typically determine Institutional Control through key elite position retentions in reformed elite governance structures.
  • It can typically influence Policy Direction through elite network persistences across regime elite changes.
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  • It can often generate Hybrid Elite Structure through old elite guard integrations with emerging elite leaders.
  • It can often produce Elite Fragmentation through ideological elite divisions within former ruling elite coalitions.
  • It can often enable Counter-Elite Rise through revolutionary elite mobilizations against established elite power holders.
  • It can often facilitate Elite Pact Formation through negotiated elite transitions between regime elite insiders and opposition elite forces.
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  • It can range from being a Complete Elite Continuity Pattern to being a Complete Elite Discontinuity Pattern, depending on its elite ruling class replacement degree.
  • It can range from being a Formal Elite Continuity Pattern to being an Informal Elite Continuity Pattern, depending on its elite power maintenance mechanism.
  • It can range from being a Negotiated Elite Transition Pattern to being a Confrontational Elite Transition Pattern, depending on its elite power transfer process.
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  • It can preserve Bureaucratic Elite through technical elite expertise monopolys during political elite system changes.
  • It can transform Party Cadre Elite into business oligarch elites through privatization elite process controls.
  • It can convert Military Leadership Elite into civilian politician elites through controlled elite democratizations.
  • It can maintain Economic Elite through property elite right protections across regime elite transitions.
  • It can replace Traditional Authority Elite with revolutionary vanguard elites through mass elite mobilization campaigns.
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• Example(s):
  • Elite Continuity Patterns, such as:
    • Post-Soviet Nomenklatura Conversion Pattern, transforming communist party elite officials into capitalist oligarch elites.
    • Chinese Communist Elite Adaptation Pattern, maintaining party elite leadership while embracing market elite reforms.
    • Spanish Transition Elite Pact Pattern, negotiating elite power sharing between Francoist elite reformers and democratic opposition elites.
  • Elite Discontinuity Patterns, such as:
    • Iranian Revolutionary Elite Displacement Pattern, replacing secular modernizing elites with religious authority elite figures.
    • Cuban Revolutionary Elite Transformation Pattern, displacing Batista-era oligarchy elite with revolutionary cadre elites.
    • South African Racial Elite Shift Pattern, transferring political elite power from white minority elite to black majority elite leaderships.
  • Mixed Elite Transformation Patterns, such as:
    • Brazilian Redemocratization Elite Pattern, combining military elite withdrawals with civilian elite continuitys.
    • Eastern European Transition Elite Pattern, mixing former dissident elites with reformed communist elites.
    • South Korean Democratization Elite Pattern, blending military-backed technocrat elites with civil society elite leaders.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Complete Elite Replacement Processes, which involve total elite purges without any elite continuity element.
  • Static Elite Structures, which maintain unchanged elite compositions despite ideological shifts.
  • Random Elite Circulations, which lack systematic elite patterns in leadership elite changes.
• See: Political Elite, Regime Transition Process, Power Structure, Elite Social Mobility.

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