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The fortunes of the wealthy are soaring across the globe. Economists have demonstrated that the lion's share of economic growth over the past decade benefits the richest people: the top 1% took 38% of all additional wealth accumulated since the mid-1990s, whereas the bottom 50% captured just 2%. But there is more to this phenomenon than money. The social composition of elites, their cultural profiles, and political importance are just as significant, but less widely understood. The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Global Elites addresses this gap by providing comprehensive portraits of who elites are and how they wield power.The chapters offer perspectives from all leading regions of the world, notably Latin America and Africa, and countries ranging from India, China, the USA, to the UK. Contributors-many of whom are leading scholars in this field-explain how elites are increasingly exercising political influence, challenging liberal democracy, and undermining meritocratic beliefs. Elites cannot be seen as throwbacks to older aristocratic formations, such as 'Old Boys Networks'. This volume illustrates how contemporary elites vary across the globe, how they often fly 'under the radar', and how their wealth threatens to short-circuit democratic public life. Elites are now dynamic forces shaping social life in many areas, including racial, gendered, and classed dimensions. By unveiling elites, this Handbook helps readers understand myriad conflicts that abound in contemporary social life.
Table of Contents
Part I. Introductory SectionChapter 1. The Renaissance of the Sociology of Elites: An Introductory Review, Mike Savage and María Luisa MéndezChapter 2. The Power of Wealth: A New Analytical Frame for the Sociology of Elites, Mike SavagePart I. Wealth, Power, and Elite FormationChapter 3. Family Fortunes: Family Wealth and Elite Recruitment in Britain 1895 to 1995, Aaron Reeves and Sam FriedmanChapter 4. Casta Dorada: The Making of a Mexican Elite and Their Henequen Empire, Alice Krozer and Diego Castañeda GarzaChapter 5. India's Elite Power: Structures and Fluidities, Jules Naudet and Surinder S. JodhkaChapter 6. Elite Continuities in Africa: Historical Perspectives, State of Knowledge, and the Path Forward, Rebecca SimsonChapter 7. Rethinking New and Old Money, Shay O'BrienChapter 8. Banquets, Bribes, and Brotherhood: Elite Networks in Post-Mao China, John OsburgChapter 9. Trajectories of Capital: The Building of the Astor Fortune, Shamus KhanChapter 10. Conflicts in Wealthy Families in the United States: A Qualitative Study, Annette LareauPart II. Race and Gender in the Intersectional Sociology of ElitesSection 1. Gender and Household DynamicsChapter 11. Being a Good Rich Housewife: Religion, Family, and the Indian Business Elites, Parul BhandariChapter 12. On Women's Ignorance of Wealth in Elite Families of the Global North, Céline BessièreChapter 13. Women Economic Elites as "Insiders and Outsiders" in Chile, Rachel Théodore, Isabel Castillo, and Catherine Reyes-HousholderChapter 14. Gender and Age Divisions Among the Economic Power Elite: A Comparative Analysis of 16 Countries from the World Elite Database (WED), The World Elite Database (WED) CollectiveSection 2. Racial DividesChapter 15. The British Imperial Elite: Whiteness and the Meaning of 'Home', Mike SavageChapter 16. Racial Diversity Among Global Elite Populations, Kevin L. YoungChapter 17. Not Just High Culture, But Black Culture: Ethnoracial Distinction and African American Cultural Consumption, Patricia A. BanksChapter 18. Minoritized Economic Elites in Racially Stratified Systems: The Case of Latino Elites in the United States, Jody Agius VallejoSection 3. Conspicuous or Ordinary ConsumptionPart III. Culture, Consumption, and Social ClosureChapter 19. The Consumption Patterns of Contemporary Elites, Irmak Karademir and Alan WardeChapter 20. Varieties of Conspicuity: The Logic of Capital in Elite Consumption, Ashley MearsSection 4. Education and Social ClosureChapter 21. Beyond an Instrumental Analysis of Elite Nigerian Parents' Consumption of Overseas Schooling: Parental Love, Responsibility, and Sacrifice, Pere AylingChapter 22. Selling and Silencing: Imperial Logics and the Franchising of Elite British Schools Overseas, Emma TaylorChapter 23. When Fields Collide: Chinese High Schools as Global Elite Training Grounds, Yi-Lin ChiangSection 5. Worth, Wealth, and Cultural LegitimacyChapter 24. Richness and Its Legitimacy, Katharina HechtChapter 25. Moral Modes of the Liberal Wealthy in the United States: Meritocratic Accumulation and Systemic Redistribution, Rachel ShermanChapter 26. Shrinking Wealth: Therapeutic Cultural Workers, Dynastic Families, and "Psychological Wealth Laundering" in the Americas, Ana Y. Ramos-ZayasChapter 27. Elites and Today's Neo-Accumulationist Culture: Studying the Cultural Underpinnings of Inequality in Finland, Hanna KuuselaSection 6. Elites and Urban SpacesPart IV. Transnationalism and Urban DynamicsChapter 28. Elite Neighbourhoods as Sites for Accumulation of Economic, Social, and Cultural Capital, Ilan WieselChapter 29. Elites and the Production of Space: The New Centripetal Points in Contemporary Cities of the Global South, María Luisa MéndezChapter 30. City Conquerors: A Case Study of How Families in Germany's Wealth Elites Occupy Urban Spaces, Eva-Maria Gajek and Isabell StammChapter 31. Urban Elites and Cultural Patronage: How private culture is shaping cities, Pablo Fuentenebro and Bas van HeurSection 7. Cosmopolitanism and Transnational ElitesChapter 32. Coaching the Global Super-Bourgeoisie: Physical Lifestyle Intermediaries and the Management of Elite Social Capital, Bruno Cousin and Sébastien ChauvinChapter 33. Citizenship and the Making of a Global Elite, Sarah KunzChapter 34. Transformers: Elites and Capital Conversions, Brooke HarringtonChapter 35. Spiderweb Capitalism: Uncovering Secret Offshore Financial Webs, Kimberly Kay HoangChapter 36. Who's global and how? Socio-economic elites seen from Argentina, Mariana HerediaPart V. Elites and PowerChapter 37. Bringing Violence into the Study of Elites: Resetting the Global Debate from Latin America, Jenny Pearce and Hobeth Martínez CarrilloChapter 38. Economic and Political Elites in China: Formation and Transformation of Power, Peng Lu, Xiaoguang Fan, Fan Fu, and Chao LingChapter 39. The American Corporate Elite in the Twenty-First Century: Cohesive or Fragmented?, Mark S. Mizruchi and Galen HallChapter 40. From Legitimation to Extortion? Latin American Hierarchical Capitalism Reloaded, Alejandro Pelfini and Claudio RiverosChapter 41. Elites as Status Groups in Democratic Societies, Fabien Accominotti
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