The Sociology of Elite Distinction: From Theoretical to Comparative Perspectives

Daloz, J.

ISBN 10: 0230220274 / ISBN 13: 9780230220270

Edité par Palgrave Macmillan (edition 2010), 2009

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• Titre: The Sociology of Elite Distinction: From Theoretical to Comparative Perspectives
• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan (edition 2010)
• Date de parution: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0230220274
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780230220270
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 2010.
• État de l'article: Fair

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Synopsis

This major new contribution to the study of consumption examines how dominant groups express and display their sense of superiority through material and aesthetic attributes, demonstrating that differences from one society to another, and across historical periods, challenge current understandings of elite distinction.

À propos de l?auteur

JEAN-PASCAL DALOZ Research Professor at the University of Strasbourg (CNRS/GSPE), France, and Senior Associate Member of the Maison Française and of the Department of Politics at the University of Oxford, UK. He is also President of the Research Committee on Comparative Sociology of the International Sociological Association. He has published 12 books to date, including the bestselling Africa Works: Disorder as Political Instrument (co-authored).