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European Sociological Review Advance Access published online on June 6, 2005
European Sociological Review, doi:10.1093/esr/jci023
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Ideological Integration and Variation Within the Private Business Elite in Norway

Trygve Gulbrandsen 1*

1 Institute for Social Research, Munthes gt. 31, N-0260 Oslo, Norway

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Trygve Gulbrandsen, E-mail: tgu{at}socialresearch.no


  Abstract

Within elite theory and research there has been much discussion about whether particular national or sector-specific elites are integrated, or alternatively more or less fragmented.In this article the focus is on the private business elite of Norway, and whether this elite group can be characterized as ideologically and politically integrated. The empirical analyses presented indicate that the private business elite of Norway is largely ideologically inte-grated.Its members oppose core elements of the Norwegian welfare state model and vote for the non-socialist parties. Previous research has discussed whether the top leaders’ ideological orientations and political preferences are affected by the roles or positions which business leaders occupy. One position emerged as significant for the business leaders’ opinions: owners of large private business firms who at the same time are chief executive officers (CEO) or chairmen of the board are both ideologically and politically more conservative than their fellow employed leaders.


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