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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- Elite Continuity Patterns, such as:
- 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.