Civil Society Elites

Håkan Johansson is Professor of Social Work at Lund University, Sweden. He has a long-standing interest into studies of civil society, which includes street protests, social movements, lobbying and advocacy as well as studies into Europeanisation of civil societies and civil society elites. Anna Meeuwisse is Professor of Social Work at Lund University in Sweden. Her main research interests are social movements and the role of civil society in welfare states. In recent years, she has conducted research on the Europeanisation of Swedish civil society, elitisation processes, and on transnational conservative movements that oppose sexual and reproductive rights.

• Chapter 1: Civil society elites.- Chapter 2: The Danish civil society elite 1910–2020.- Chapter 3: Mirroring the masses? A cross-national comparison of civil society elite composition.- Chapter 4: Organisational, reputational, and visible leaders.- Chapter 5: Consecrating civil society elites in Europe.- Chapter 6: Elite integration through volunteerism.- Chapter 7: Reproduction of elites in Hong Kong through the Hong Kong Jockey Club.- Chapter 8: Civil society boundary crossing and elite integration.- Chapter 9: The interstitial elites of the Italian foundations of banking origin.- Chapter 10: Networks of interlocking leaders among civil society organisations in four European countries.- Chapter 11: Contestation of civil society elites.- Chapter 12: The state as a challenger to civil society elite: the case of Poland.- Chapter 13: Who gets a seat at the table? Identifying incumbents and challengers in the European Parliament’s civil society consultations on animal welfare.- Chapter14: Michels, Mills, and civil society elites.