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Persistence and Change in the Protestant Establishment
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Book Code: C5487
ISBN: 0-275-95487-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-95487-1
176 pages, tables
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 8/30/1996
List Price: $106.95 (UK Sterling Price: £59.95)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • This carefully written book does a good job of describing the empirical results.
    —Social Forces
Description: Here, sociologist Ralph Pyle investigates the extent to which a male-dominated, Ivy League educated Protestant establishment in the United States since World War II has given way to an elite whose diversity is more representative of the general population. While there is evidence that major changes have diminished the social, political, and economic prerogatives of the traditional Protestant establishment, the author finds that those in command positions of the most influential institutions bear a strong resemblance to their predecessors who directed affairs in an earlier era. Even if the current expansion of influence among previously disempowered groups continues at its present rate, the disproportionate power of white Protestant Ivy Leaguers will persist for several decades to come.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Theoretical Orientation: Explanations for Persistence and Change in the Establishment
  • Evolution of the Protestant Establishment, 1950-1992
  • Higher Education and the Establishment
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A: Gender Representation among the Elite
  • Appendix B: Methodology
  • References
  • Index
LC Card Number: 96-10426
LCC Class: HN90
Dewey Class: 305
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