C. Wright Mills’ framework of power elites did not just address the power structure of post-World War II America. We propose a methodological framework to identify this group—by locating individuals sitting at the core of elite networks—arguing that the sector composition of this group reflects the relative importance of institutional orders within the limits of a nation-state. With two comprehensive sets of network data, composed of around 5,000 potentially powerful affiliations containing approximately 38,000 individuals, we identify a modified version of k-cores in Danish elite networks each composing around 400 individuals in 2012 and 2017. While 55% of the individuals in the core have changed over five years, the core group exhibits remarkable institutional stability. First, sectoral affiliations remain largely the same, as just over half were employed in the corporate world with the rest split fairly evenly amongst union leaders, academics, senior civil servants, and politicians. Other sectors, such as cultural elites, army, clergy, or judiciary were all but excluded. Second, their organizational affiliation also remains stable. Four out of five in 2017 were employed in an organization having a member in 2012. Third, the social background, ethnic background, education, and residence remain largely the same.

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福利国家的权力精英2012-2017：丹麦权力网络核心关键制度秩序的稳定与变化

C. Wright Mills 的权力精英框架不仅仅针对二战后美国的权力结构。我们提出了一个方法框架来识别这个群体——通过定位处于精英网络核心的个人——认为这个群体的部门构成反映了制度秩序在民族国家范围内的相对重要性。通过两组全面的网络数据，由大约 5,000 个潜在的强大附属机构组成，其中包含大约 38,000 个人，我们确定了丹麦精英网络中 k-cores 的修改版本，每个网络在 2012 年和 2017 年由大约 400 个人组成。虽然 55% 的个人在五年来核心换人，核心群体制度稳定性显着。首先，部门隶属关系基本保持不变，因为刚刚超过一半的人受雇于企业界，其余的在工会领导人、学者、高级公务员和政客中分布相当平均。其他部门，如文化精英、军队、神职人员或司法部门几乎都被排除在外。其次，他们的组织隶属关系也保持稳定。2017 年五分之四的人受雇于 2012 年有成员的组织。第三，社会背景、民族背景、教育和居住地基本保持不变。