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Elite Mobilities: Changing Mobilities

Editat de Thomas Birtchnell, Javier Caletrío
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 mai 2017
Small in number but great in influence, mobile elites have shaped the contours of global capitalism. Today these elites continue to flourish globally but in a changing landscape. The current economic crisis—and rising concerns about the moral legitimacy of extreme wealth—coincides with stern warnings over the risks posed by climate change and the unsustainable use of resources. Often an out-of-bounds topic in critical social science, elites are thought of as too inaccessible a group to interview and too variable a minority to measure.
This groundbreaking collection sets out to challenge this perception. Through the careful examination of the movements of the one per cent through the everyday spaces of the ninety-nine per cent, Elite Mobilities investigates the shared zones elites inhabit alongside the commons: the executive lounge in the airport, the penthouse in the hotel, or the gated community next to the slum. Bringing together the pioneer scholars in critical sociology today, this collection explores how social scientists can research, map, and ‘track’ the flows and residues of objects, wealth and power surrounding the hypermobile.
Elite Mobilities sets a new benchmark in social science efforts to research the powerful and the privileged. It will appeal to students and scholars interested in mobilities, transport, tourism, social stratification, class, inequality, consumption, and global environmental change.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781138093775
ISBN-10: 1138093777
Pagini: 276
Ilustrații: 5 Line drawings, black and white; 20 Halftones, black and white; 10 Tables, black and white; 25 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Changing Mobilities

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Cuprins

1. Introduction: The Movement of the Few  2. Elsewhere: Tracking the Mobile Lives of Globals  3. Wealth Segmentation and the Mobilities of the Super-Rich: A Conceptual Framework  4. Elite Formation in the Third Industrial Revolution  5. Aeromobile Elites: Private Business Aviation and the Global Economy  6. Super-Rich Lifestyles  7. The Ease of Mobility  8. The Uneven Pragmatics of ‘Affordable’ Luxury Tourism in Inland Yucatán (México)  9. Visible-Invisible: The Social Semiotics of Labour in Luxury Tourism  10. ‘This is Not Me’: Conspicuous Consumption and the Travel Aspirations of the European Middle Classes  11. Tracing the Super Rich and their Mobilities in a Scandinavian Welfare State  12. The Super-Rich and Offshore Worlds  13. Epilogue: The Bodies, Spaces and Tempo of Elite Formations  14. Postscript: Elite Mobilities and Critique

Notă biografică

Thomas Birtchnell is Lecturer in Geography and Sustainable Communities at the University of Wollongong, Australia.
Javier Caletrío is Research Fellow at the Centre for Mobilities Research at Lancaster University, UK.

Recenzii

"Important and accessible for students of elites everywhere... Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above." – J Borchert, emeritus, Cleveland State University, Choice Review

Descriere

Elites have so far proven to be an elusive research subject for the social sciences, but the latest techniques in mobile methods offer a window on their movements. This vanguard collection sets a new benchmark in social science efforts to research the powerful and the privileged, through the careful examination of the movements of the one percent through the everyday spaces of the ninety-nine percent. From luxury haciendas to private biz-jets Elite Mobilities is a fresh approach to a classic topic, bringing together the pioneer scholars in critical sociology today.