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elite overproduction: a standalone construct

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more aspirants to elite status than there are elite positions, which breeds intra-elite rivalry and political instability.

In history, elite overproduction refers to more aspirants to elite status than there are elite positions, which breeds intra-elite rivalry and political instability. This meaning comes from Turchin (2013) in Cliodynamics: The Journal of Quantitative History and Cultural Evolution.[1]

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  1. Turchin, P. (2013). Modeling Social Pressures Toward Political Instability. Cliodynamics: The Journal of Quantitative History and Cultural Evolution, 4(2). https://doi.org/10.21237/c7clio4221333

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