Research on elites often utilizes network analysis to describe and analyse the interrelationships among elites and how their prominence varies by demographic characteristics. We examine the diversity of global elites through an analysis of the board members of large corporations, think tanks, international organizations, and transnational policy planning groups. Using new data, we provide the first descriptive picture of global elite networks in terms of race and gender. We also test the ‘core–periphery’ hypothesis, which predicts that as non‐whites and women achieve elite positions they will be marginalized to the periphery of elite networks, while the core remains significantly more white and male. We find consistent evidence for the core–periphery hypothesis across a range of empirical tests, from simple k‐coring to various core–periphery models. Most groups decline in their representation in the core, and this includes white women. White men are the only group that increases in representation in the core compared to the periphery.

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全球精英有多白人？种族，性别和网络结构分析

精英研究经常利用网络分析来描述和分析精英之间的相互关系，以及他们的知名度如何随人口统计学特征而变化。我们通过对大型公司，智囊团，国际组织和跨国政策规划小组的董事会成员进行分析，研究了全球精英的多样性。使用新数据，我们提供了关于种族和性别的全球精英网络的第一张描述性图片。我们还检验了“核心－外围”假设，该假设预测，随着非白人和女性获得精英职位，他们将被边缘化到精英网络的边缘，而核心则仍然明显更多地属于白人和男性。我们在一系列的经验检验中找到了核心-外围假设的一致证据，从简单的k-coring到各种核心-外围模型。大多数群体在核心群体中的代表人数下降，其中包括白人妇女。与外围人相比，白人是唯一在核心人格中增加的群体。