Abstract
The goal of this chapter is to evaluate how elites in the sample utilise the networks of relations available to them. In this context, the network approach is understood as a set of contacts with people and institutions in an occupational stratum which individuals can activate in order to accumulate the necessary resources to be able to stay there. Both formal and informal channels are examined and findings are analysed in terms of types of country. In general the two groups of leaders are distinct, there are differences by country type and gender differences throughout. The differences between males and females in economic elites appear comparatively higher than those in political elites.
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