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24-539: While the power of the Adelaide Establishment has waned over the decades, members continue to play a role in the running of Adelaide and South Australia. The name "Adelaide Establishment" is derived from the term " The Establishment ", denoted to mean a network of prominent, well-connected people who exercise power. Following the founding of Adelaide in 1836, wealthy immigrants from England, some of whom were related by blood or marriage, were allowed to appropriate

48-520: A polity , an organization, or an institution. In the praxis of wealth and power , the Establishment usually is a self-selecting, closed elite entrenched within specific institutions — hence, a relatively small social class can exercise all socio-political control. In 1955, the journalist Henry Fairlie popularized the contemporary usage of the term The Establishment to denote the network of socially prominent and politically important people: By

72-697: A wealthy self-made factory owner. The family escaped German dive bombing at Biarritz in France as they left Europe and U-boat attacks on their convoy before they arrived at Pier 21 in Halifax in September 1940. He was educated at Upper Canada College , where he was a member of Seaton's House , and the University of Toronto . Newman joined the Royal Canadian Navy reserve in 1947 as an ordinary seaman and later reached

96-450: Is commonly used in the Republic of Ireland to denote the media, cultural and religious establishment. In Pakistan, the term "The Establishment" refers to the military and their relations with the intelligence community and high-level political officials that allow them to exert dominance over the government. The United Kingdom has numerous entrenched groups that are regarded as forming

120-536: The Toronto Star and Maclean's , the latter of which he transformed from a money-losing monthly magazine into a lively newsweekly that published some of the country's most talented journalists. His half-dozen literary awards include the Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize for his 2004 autobiography Here Be Dragons: Telling Tales of People, Passion and Power . In 1990, when Newman was promoted to

144-612: The two-party political system , in which the Republican Party and the Democratic Party were perceived as alike in their support of neoliberalism , defined by anti-labor and pro-federal policy, as well as vehement defense of corporate interests. This use can also refer to the original coinage of the term the Establishment in 1955, referring to the intricate matrix of power and connections among corporations, politicians, government agencies, and some social groups. The power of

168-512: The 'Establishment' I do not mean only the centres of official power — though they are certainly part of it — but rather the whole matrix of official and social relations within which power is exercised. The exercise of power in Britain (more specifically, in England) cannot be understood unless it is recognised that it is exercised socially. Consequently, the term the Establishment became common usage in

192-671: The 'small-l' liberalism of the Fifties to a strongly-felt nationalism ." He was appointed visiting professor of distinction at Ryerson University in Toronto in December 2009. In October 2012, he joined the faculty of the Royal Military College of Canada as its first journalist-in-residence. In this role, he was involved with RMC's graduate and undergraduate programs and gave lectures on topics relating to business, politics and history. Newman

216-758: The 1950s, the New Left criticised WASP hegemony of American society. Some prominent American families have held disproportionate wealth and wielded disproportionate political power over the decades. Experts talk about what C. Wright Mills called the " power elite ", and about leadership communities in policy areas such as foreign policy. Traditionally, WASP and Protestant establishment families have been associated with Episcopal (or Anglican ), Presbyterian , United Methodist , Congregationalist , and other mainline Protestant denominations. Peter C. Newman Peter Charles Newman CC CD (born Petr Karel Neumann ; May 10, 1929 – September 7, 2023)

240-587: The best land for themselves, building a privileged class of wealthy land owners who were able to exert persuasive political and social influence over South Australia, to the point that historians could claim that these people assumed the influence wielded in their localities by the merchants of the Hanseatic League or the Rialto in Venice . As time passed, these families continued to intermarry, solidifying their control to

264-530: The era of Lester Pearson . His 1975 book The Canadian Establishment was widely acclaimed. On September 12, 2005, Newman announced the publication of The Secret Mulroney Tapes: Unguarded Confessions of a Prime Minister , a biography of former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney , whom he considered a friend. The information released to the press contained several surprising revelations, including an allegation by Mulroney that Pierre Trudeau 's contribution "was not to build Canada but to destroy it." Later

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288-585: The establishment has significantly declined in the wake of Donald Trump 's election as president in 2016 , as well as political polarization further increasing in the United States. The term has largely fallen out of use in contemporary American politics, except as a pejorative . The term also refers to White Anglo-Saxon Protestants (WASPs), who constitute much of the social elites that have dominated historical American society, culture, and politics, enjoying education, voting rights, and land ownership. In

312-404: The establishment: these include the royal family , the aristocracy , the landed gentry , prestigious public schools like Eton College and Harrow School , the privy council , senior civil servants , lawyers, academics, Church of England clergy, financiers, industrialists, the armed services and other professionals. In the United States, the term the establishment typically refers to

336-617: The local leaders of the Catholic Church played a major role. The Family Compact is the first identifiable Canadian Establishment in Anglophone Canada . The journalist Peter C. Newman defined the modern Canadian Establishment in his 1975 book The Canadian Establishment . It catalogued the richest individuals and families living in Canada at the time. All of the specific people he identified were prominent business leaders, especially in

360-621: The media and in public transit. Newman reports that several of these old families have maintained their importance into the twenty-first century. The term is also used in politics of Hong Kong , where political parties, community groups, chambers of commerce, trade unions and individuals who are cooperative with and loyal to the Chinese Communist Party and the post- handover Hong Kong Government are labelled (most often self-labelled) " pro-Beijing " or " pro-establishment ". The term first appeared in 2004. The term " Official Ireland "

384-655: The point that they "exercised, prior to the second world war, a degree of financial influence and control probably unparalleled by any group in any Australian state". Members of the Adelaide Establishment have served as senior members of the Parliament of South Australia , including Premier of South Australia Sir Thomas Playford IV , from 1938 to 1965 usually through the Liberal and Country League . The diversification of South Australia's economy after World War II through attracting large scale manufacturing enterprises to Adelaide led to

408-737: The powers behind those parties. In the book, Anti-political Establishment Parties: A Comparative Analysis by Amir Abedi (2004), Amir Abedi refers to the Labor Party and the Coalition Parties (the Liberal Party and the National/Country Party ) as the establishment parties. The original Canadian Establishment began as a mix between the British and American models, combining political appointments and business acumen. In Francophone Canada ,

432-481: The press of London; The Oxford English Dictionary cites Fairlie's column originating the British usages of the term the Establishment , as in the established church denoting the official Church of England . Moreover, in sociologic jargon, an outsider is the person who is not a member of The Establishment. The term establishment is often used in Australia to refer both to the main political parties and also to

456-501: The rank of Companion of the Order of Canada , his citation read: "Chronicler of our past and interpreter of our present, his popular histories and biographies continue to capture the imagination, bringing to life people, places and events that have shaped our great country." Born in Vienna , Austria , in 1929, Newman immigrated to Canada from Nazi -occupied Czechoslovakia Oskar Karel Neumann,

480-491: The rank of captain , having served in the naval reserve for 50 years. Newman was a reporter for the Financial Post , served as editor of the Toronto Star , and was the long-time editor of Maclean's , stewarding its transformation from a general interest magazine to a weekly news magazine . In 1978 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada (OC), and was promoted to the rank of Companion (CC) in 1990. Newman

504-412: The same day, Mulroney issued a press release stating he felt "devastated" and "betrayed" by the publication of information he had understood to be confidential. Shortly after the publication of The Secret Mulroney Tapes , both Mulroney and Conrad Black filed suit against Newman. The lawsuit was settled the following year. In 1973, Newman described his "ideological swing… away from a blind acceptance of

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528-536: The waning of power, but the Adelaide Establishment controlled the South Australian Legislative Council until the electoral reform of the late 1960s that abolished the Playmander . Examples of Adelaide Establishment families include the: The Establishment In sociology and in political science, the term The Establishment describes the dominant social group , the elite who control

552-538: Was a Canadian journalist, editor and author. He interviewed and wrote about every Canadian prime minister from Louis St. Laurent (1948–1957) to Paul Martin (2003–2006). His three-volume series on The Canadian Establishment helped set new standards for business reporting, while his three-volume history of the Hudson's Bay Company provided a comprehensive account of Canada's early beginnings as an international fur-trading nation . Newman served as editor-in-chief at both

576-533: Was widely respected for his intimate knowledge and understanding of Canadian business leaders. Newman made his name as an author in the 1960s with the publication of two books: Renegade in Power: The Diefenbaker Years (1963), a study of the government of John Diefenbaker that some say helped destroy the Tory leader's career, and The Distemper of Our Times (1968), an examination of Canadian politics during

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