Varieties of Economic Elites? Preliminary Results From the World Elite Database (WED)

Felix Bühlmann, Caroline Ahler Christesen, Bruno Cousin (), François Denord (), Christoph Houman Ellersgaard, Paul Lagneau‐ymonet, Anton Grau Larsen, Mike Savage, Sylvain Thine, Kevin Young, Pedro Araujo, Paola Arrigoni, Jorge Atria, Pierre Benz (), Johanna Behr, Maria Do Carmo Botelho, Asif Butt, Pedro Casanova, Luís Clemente-Casinhas, Ana Castellani, Fabio Cescon, Joselle Dagnes, Hanna Debska, Anne‐sophie Delval, Vitalina Dragun, Andreia Egas, Kajsa Emilsson, Xiaoguang Fan, Fan Fu, Julia Gentile, Orlando Gomes, Victoria Gronwald, Mariana Heredia, Johannes Hjellbrekke, Jorge Honório, Jie Huang, Johnathan Inkley, Håkan Johansson, Ilkka Koiranen, Aki Koivula, Hanna Kuusela, Gabriel Levita, Chao Ling, Peng Lu, Michael Lukas, Jacob Lunding, Mina Mahmoudzadeh, Sean Mcquade, María Luisa Méndez, Nuno Nunes, Shay O'Brien, Gabriel Otero, Marta Pagnini, Alejandro Pelfini, Jéssica Pereira, Catalina Roa, Thierry Rossier, Marte Lund Saga, Dulce Santana, Christian Schneickert, Elisabeth Schimpfössl, François Schoenberger, Izaura Solipa, Łukasz Trembaczowski, Maren Toft, Sofia Vale, Pedro Vasconcelos, Jorge Quesada Velazco, Tomasz Warczok and Xinguo Yu
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Felix Bühlmann: UNIL - Université de Lausanne = University of Lausanne
Caroline Ahler Christesen: Roskilde Universitet [Roskilde]
Bruno Cousin: CEE - Centre d'études européennes et de politique comparée (Sciences Po, CNRS) - Sciences Po - Sciences Po - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
François Denord: CESSP - Centre européen de sociologie et de science politique - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Christoph Houman Ellersgaard: CBS - Copenhagen Business School [Copenhagen]
Paul Lagneau‐ymonet: IRISSO - Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Sciences Sociales - Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement
Anton Grau Larsen: Roskilde Universitet [Roskilde]
Mike Savage: LSE - London School of Economics and Political Science
Sylvain Thine: CESSP - Centre européen de sociologie et de science politique - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CURAPP-ESS - Centre universitaire de recherches sur l'action publique et le politique. Epistémologie et Sciences sociales - UMR CNRS UPJV 7319 - UPJV - Université de Picardie Jules Verne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Kevin Young: UMass Amherst - University of Massachusetts [Amherst] - UMASS - University of Massachusetts System
Pedro Araujo: UNICAMP - Universidade Estadual de Campinas = University of Campinas
Paola Arrigoni: UNIBO - Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna = University of Bologna
Jorge Atria: COES - Universidad Mayor and Center for Social Conflictand Cohesion Studies
Pierre Benz: UNIL - Université de Lausanne = University of Lausanne
Johanna Behr: UNIL - Université de Lausanne = University of Lausanne
Maria Do Carmo Botelho: ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon
Asif Butt: LSE - London School of Economics and Political Science
Pedro Casanova: ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon
Luís Clemente-Casinhas: BRU-IUL - Business Research Unit
Ana Castellani: Universitad de Buenos Aires = University of Buenos Aires [Argentina]
Fabio Cescon: FORS - Swiss centre of expertise in the social sciences, UvA - University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] = Universiteit van Amsterdam
Joselle Dagnes: UNITO - Università degli studi di Torino = University of Turin
Hanna Debska: University of the National Education Commission
Anne‐sophie Delval: UNIL - Université de Lausanne = University of Lausanne
Vitalina Dragun: CREST - Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique - ENSAI - Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Analyse de l'Information [Bruz] - X - École polytechnique - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris - ENSAE Paris - École Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Économique - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Andreia Egas: ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon
Kajsa Emilsson: Lund University
Xiaoguang Fan: Zhejiang University [Hangzhou, China]
Fan Fu: NU - National University [San Diego]
Julia Gentile: UBA - Universidad de Buenos Aires [Buenos Aires]
Orlando Gomes: ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon
Victoria Gronwald: LSE - London School of Economics and Political Science

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Abstract: The strategies, decisions and beliefs of those who occupy prominent positions of economic power have influence on very large corporations and the markets they dominate, on vast amounts of economic resources, and on the rules of the game. However, the sociology of elites faces a dual challenge: divergent conceptualisations of what can be considered as a position of economic power and internationally incompatible sources of information hinder comparative analysis. The World Elite Database (WED) addresses this dual challenge, by generating, based on a consistent definition, standardised data for 16 countries. This research note introduces WED, its construction principles, and presents preliminary findings on how economic elites differ across countries

Date: 2025
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Published in British Journal of Sociology, 2025, ⟨10.1111/1468-4446.13203⟩

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