Christoph Ellersgaard
@chellersgaard.bsky.social
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New research note out in @bjsociology.bsky.social on the Power Elite in Greenland.

The main finding: There is a highly knit elite network in Greenland. However, there are also clear fracturing lines based on the Greenlandic-Danish divide.

A 🧵on findings

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The Power Elite in Greenland
In this research note, we map the power elite in Greenland, amidst the current geopolitical interest in the nation. Using social network analysis, we identify a power elite of 123 individuals as the ...
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runestahl.bsky.social
New book hitting the shelves today "Climate & Class: How to Keep the Climate Fight from Becoming a Culture War", with @chellersgaard.bsky.social and Andreas Mulvad.
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chellersgaard.bsky.social
Fordi bogen handler om, hvordan klima kan gøres til et spørgsmål om klasse fremfor kultur
chellersgaard.bsky.social
Så er vores nye bog kommet fra tryk. Den er på gaden 30. september...
chellersgaard.bsky.social
Det her er enormt problematisk. Jeudan (som også udlejede Lars Løkkes Nyhavn lejlighed til spotpris) er en kæmpe spiller på det københavnske boligmarked og tæt integreret i magteliten

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Jeudan giver Rosenkrantz-Theil stor, gratis valgplatform
Jeudan har stillet lokaler på 465 kvadratmeter gratis til rådighed for Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil før valg.
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chellersgaard.bsky.social
Jeg vil ikke have det bedste. Jeg spørger bare som Poul Nyrup: Kan vi ikke gøre det lidt bedre (eller her: målrettet)
chellersgaard.bsky.social
Det siger meget om manglen på progressiv såvel klima- som ulighedspolitik at elafgiften bare sænkes i stedet for at gøres progressiv. Når nu vi faktisk VED at de rigeste udleder flere gange mere per person er det da lidt en falliterklæring at give dem den største rabat...

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Regeringen vil stort set fjerne elafgiften: Det betyder det for din økonomi
'Bemærkelsesværdig' nedsættelse af afgift i de næste to år vil kunne mærkes på budgettet - og sandsynligvis også på elforbruget, siger ekspert.
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nathantankus.bsky.social
There is no adult in the room, no one in charge. Turns out a semi-rationalistic elite was, maximum, a 50 year conscious project that was abandoned and can't be taken as an "ideal type" for a ruling class under capitalism.
joshuaerlich.bsky.social
this is an absolute twenty alarm fire and I just cannot bring myself to believe capital, in one way or another, isn’t going to reel him in on this.

we can’t have a real economy without the goddamn labor numbers. it just doesn’t work.
donmoyn.bsky.social
We know Trump lies all the time, but it feels important that reporters covering his politicization of employment data make sure to point out that even his stated reasons are bullshit!
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itsmccarthy.bsky.social
No organized labor movement, no semi-rationalist elite. That’s my theory.
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birthelarsen.bsky.social
“Fald i virksomhedsbeskatningen fra 15% til 10% ventes at reducere statens indtægter ca. 60% = 1,8 mia. kr. Det svarer til ca. halvdelen af Finansministeriets skøn for provenugevinsten ved at sløjfe store bededag. Desuden vurderer vi det øger indkomstuligheden.”
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Arveændring kommer med en høj pris i form af mindre produktivitet og mere ulighed
Tiltag, der på én gang reducerer statens indtægter, mindsker den økonomiske effektivitet og øger indkomstuligheden, synes ikke at være den mest hensigtsmæssige løsning i dagens Danmark.
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chellersgaard.bsky.social
At det her ikke er ulovligt understreger bare, hvor håbløst vores regulering af Folketinget og dets medlemmer er.

Tænk hvis det havde været en virksomhed, der ville købe en irriterende politiker ud...

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Løkke og Moderaterne tilbød Mike Fonseca 369.978 kr. for at forlade Folketinget
Ny bog afslører, hvordan Moderaterne gik langt for at få Mike Fonseca til at trække sig fra Folketinget.
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chellersgaard.bsky.social
With the key caveat that we only look at formal networks - in a small tightly knit island society - the results could play a role in Trump’s strategy to find Greenlandic allies. If the elite fracturing can be exploited this could pave the way for major changes in American-European relations.
chellersgaard.bsky.social
This division line is also seen between sectors. Politicians are Greenlandic, Private Business leaders Danish. And on key demographics, where politicians have very different education, residence area and gender composition than other groups.
chellersgaard.bsky.social
Most importantly, the power elite network is fractured by country of origin. Those with Greenlandic schooling (in orange) occupy particular areas of the network, those without (in black) other areas.
chellersgaard.bsky.social
This power elite has many of the same sectors as we have seen in our analysis of Denmark. However, politics (28 %) and state (18 % civil servants and 17 % from state owned corporations) are much stronger.
chellersgaard.bsky.social
Based on the newly developed k-cirkle methods, we use the individuals with at least two positions in affiliations with at least three members with two positions.
chellersgaard.bsky.social
This power elite has many of the same sectors as we have seen in our analysis of Denmark. However, politics (28 %) and state (18 % civil servants and 17 % from state owned corporations) are much stronger.
chellersgaard.bsky.social
Based on the newly developed k-circle method, we use the individuals with at least two positions in affiliations with at least three members with two positions.
chellersgaard.bsky.social
We identify a power elite of 123 individuals as the central circle in an extensive affiliation network data on 3412 positions held by a total 2052 individuals in 456 affiliations.