When he started, he was known mainly by a national elite.
Many, if not most, members of the national cultural and political elite have mixed ethnic roots.
A public investigation hurt the reputation of the national elite both among Indonesians and foreigners.
Many of the national elites old enough to remember the former Community often share memories and a sharp sense of loss at its eventual dissolution.
A second reason is that they play a key role in reproducing - or, sceptics would argue, reinforcing - our national elites.
In return, national elites channel public funding and economic development to ensure that local notables have the resources to maintain their political role effectively.
The first circle consists of the national elite who form planetary policy and handle relations with other alien races.
Even worse, the loss showed just how far the Cornhuskers were from the national elite, the place they hired Callahan to take them.
Kennedy (2009) finds that national elites split into three distinct groups.
The national, economic and political elite is mostly responsible for the current social disintegration in their countries.