India s Elites in Crisis

The university was restricted to the elite aristocracy.

Ravaged by endemic elite discord since its founding, Pakistan desperately needs an elite reconciliation that includes all of the country s major stakeholders.

On the whole, the elite are not sensitive to criticism.

Elite soldiers might be trained in secret locations.

The ruling elite are known to be torn by disputes and rivalries.

In my opinion, these people are much more wiser than, not only the political elite, even the intellectual elite, even opposition leaders including political parties.

It is up to European citizens and elites to avoid the worst.

The Internet joins the elite of the world.

To some extent, the elites have themselves to blame.

Third, a widening generation gap has spread to the ruling elites.

Like all elites before them, they become firmly established and use all available means to keep it that way.

Meanwhile, politics belongs to the elites.

But choosing educated elites is only part of the story.

Democracy has become a central target of complaints by the European elite.

Dealing with elite interests requires ingenuity.

Such an important role resulted in a major influence of the local elite.

Early meetings of the Congress contained a minority of Muslims, mostly from the elite.

Except in totalitarian regimes, a country s elite depends on a degree of popular acceptance, which is mostly derived from the belief that the elite is broadly fair in its dealings. Following the recent series of scandals, the average Indian does not believe this anymore.

And as those numbers suggest, I was inducted into an elite and fascinating and exhilarating world.

But there was no real victory for the country s power elite nor was society defeated.

Of course, doubts about the ruling elite are not unique to India.

Still earlier, it was largely the abode of Pakistan s hyper elite and foreign diplomats.

Enlightened Japanese elites are fascinated by Franco German reconciliation.

European economic elites perceive China and India very differently.

Moreover, nationalism has spread from the streets into the elite.

Except in totalitarian regimes, a country s elite depends on a degree of popular acceptance, which is mostly derived from the belief that the elite is broadly fair in its dealings.

Pakistan did not erupt because Pakistan s elite is focused on modernization.

Indian elites reach the same conclusion for different reasons.

For Britain and the US, the transition in the nature of the governing elite was relatively smooth.

They have been corrupted by power, like the porcine elite in George Orwell s Animal Farm.

That is why the elites in general are so quick to ridicule this movement.

That should be the task of meritocratically selected elites.

At the same time, he has become unable to control infighting among the elite.

First, most of Russia s elite rejected the view that the loss of empire was irreversible.

It portrays the Eastern elite during the Jazz Age, exploring New York café society.

Free and fair elections bring power to people, thus eliminating the power of cleptocratic pseudo elites.

Indeed, today s elite cannot or will not solve the problem.

For example, Japanese elites tend to favor continuity over change.

An autocratic or corrupt regime has a strong incentive to spend in a way that benefits the elite.

It is as if German political elites think that they are back in the era of the gold standard.

This is where the effort to devise institutional mechanisms to check and balance elite behavior enters the picture.

It is blatantly obvious that for Russia s elites, weakness and cooperation are mutually exclusive.

The traditional Bangkok elites had always thought of him as an uncouth upstart.

Thaksin s ownership is a source of considerable pride, especially outside elite circles in Bangkok.