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Peripheral Elites in West European Central States’ Apparatus: An Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 September 2023

Jean-Baptiste Harguindéguy Open the ORCID record for Jean-Baptiste Harguindéguy [Opens in a new window] ,
Alejandro Peinado-García  and
Giulia Sandri
Jean-Baptiste Harguindéguy*
Affiliation:
Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
Alejandro Peinado-García
Affiliation:
Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
Giulia Sandri
Affiliation:
Université Catholique de Lille, France
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Corresponding author: Jean-Baptiste Harguindéguy; Email: jbhar@upo.es
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Abstract

The presence and influence of peripheral elites in national political institutions is frequently handled by the press. But, oddly enough, the lack of a comprehensive vision of this issue tends to feed flashy titles alerting about the influence of some territorial groups in central institutions such as the “Scottish Raj,” the “Tartan mafia,” or the “Cosa Scotia” in London. This article aims to provide a general theoretical framework able to orient those fragmented researches. This literature review was led from May 2018 to June 2020. It presents those results in six sections. The ways in which peripheral elites get access to central institutions are analyzed in the first section. In the second section, we introduce the literature about the presence of peripheral elites in the state apparatus, before stressing the different networks representing the interests of peripheries in the city capitals in section three. Fourth, this article points out the various career orientations of peripheral elected officials. This leads us to question their policy influence in different fields. Lastly, a short section tackles the phobias provoked by the rise of peripheral elites occupying central political positions, before proposing a general framework for orienting future research on this topic.

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PeripheryelitesminoritiesinfluenceWestern Europe
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Nationalities Papers , Volume 51 , Issue 5: Special Issue on Peripheral Elites in West European Central States’ Apparatus , September 2023 , pp. 991 - 1000
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