Since the financial crisis, the issue of the ‘one percent’ has
become the centre of intense public debate, unavoidable even for
members of the elite themselves. Moreover, inquiring into elites has
taken centre-stage once again in both journalistic investigations and
academic research. New Directions in Elite Studies attempts to move
the social scientific study of elites beyond economic analysis, which
has greatly improved our knowledge of inequality, but is restricted to
income and wealth. In contrast, this book mobilizes a broad scope of
research methods to uncover the social composition of the power elite
– the ‘field of power’. It reconstructs processes through which
people gain access to positions in this particular social space,
examines the various forms of capital they mobilize in the process –
economic, but also cultural and social capital – and probes changes
over time and variations across national contexts. Bringing together
the most advanced research into elites by a European and
multidisciplinary group of scholars, this book presents an agenda for
the future study of elites. It will appeal to all those interested in
the study of elites, inequality, class, power, and gender inequality.
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ISBN
9781351672214
Publisert
2017
Utgave
1. utgave
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Routledge
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Digital bok
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