Members Only

Elite Clubs and The Process of Exclusion

AvDiana Kendall

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

Del i serien Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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Beskrivning

In Members Only Diana Kendall shows how the upper classes use exclusive clubs as their private domain for conducting business, fostering social networks, and launching the next generation of elites - all beyond the view of outsiders and the media. In her research, Kendall explains how and why club members routinely engage in exclusionary practices that help them accumulate personal power and social capital that is unavailable to outsiders. Members Only addresses how exclusive private clubs maintain and perpetuate class-based privilege and racial/ethnic and religious segregation, and how such patterns of social exclusion heighten social inequality. This book continues Kendall's study of the upper classes, which began with The Power of Good Deeds, and Framing Class.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2008-06-25
Mått:153 x 231 x 16 mm
Vikt:299 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Antal sidor:198
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780742545564

Utforska kategorier

Sociala grupper och identitet inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Diana Kendall is professor of sociology at Baylor University and author of Framing Class: Media Representations of Wealth and Poverty in America

Recensioner i media

Kendall illuminates how membership is controlled by and envelops the privileged few with a capacity to exercise social, cultural, and political capital. Her distinctive treatment of these assets fleshes out specific details so well that students of inequality are guaranteed satisfaction. Highly recommended.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 The World of Exclusive ClubsChapter 2 Exclusion and Snobbery Take a Trip from London to AmericaChapter 3 How the "Chosen Few" Are ChosenChapter 4 Membership Has Its PrivilegesChapter 5 Making Connections: Clubs and Political NetworksChapter 6 Change and Resistance to Change in Membership PoliciesChapter 7 Beyond the Walls: The Wider Influence of Elite Clubs