4PE117, 7,5 hp, Avancerad nivå

Maktens sociologi, eliter och elitutbildningar

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Notes from the course
  • Huvudgrupp 1: Articles of up to 150 pages can be added by the course management.
  • Huvudgrupp 1: Kurslitteraturens omfattning ryms inom ramen för de riktlinjer som utarbetats i enlighet med Studentkåren. För en kurs på 7.5 hp rekommenderas det totala sidantalet ej överstiga 1000 sidor.

Required reading

Huvudgrupp 1

  • The state nobility: elite schools in the field of power

    Bourdieu, Pierre

    1996, Polity Press

    ISBN 9780745608242, print

    Verified edition

    ca 300 sidor

    As written on the list

    Bourdieu, Pierre, The state nobility: elite schools in the field of power, Cambridge, Polity Press, 1996 (ca 300 sidor)

  • Homo academicus

    Bourdieu, Pierre

    1988, Polity

    ISBN 9780745602585, print

    Verified edition

    ca 200 sidor

    As written on the list

    Bourdieu, Pierre, Homo academicus, Cambridge, Polity, 1988 (ca 200 sidor)

  • Cultural Capital In the Elite Subspace of Swedish Higher Education

    Part of Poetics

    Börjesson, Mikael

    2016, vol. 56

    Not a book to buy

    As written on the list

    Börjesson, Mikael, Cultural Capital In the Elite Subspace of Swedish Higher Education, Ingår i: Poetics [e-journal], vol. 56, 2016, s. 15–34, Poetics 2016

  • Elite strategies in a unified system of higher education: The case of Sweden

    Part of L'année sociologique

    Börjesson, Mikael

    2016, nr. 1

    Not a book to buy

    As written on the list

    Börjesson, Mikael, Elite strategies in a unified system of higher education: The case of Sweden, Ingår i: L'année sociologique, vol. 66, nr. 1, 2016, s. 115–146, Volume 66(1)

  • Legitimacies in Peril: Towards a Comparative History of Elites and State in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century France and Western Europe

    Part of Researching Elites and Power: Theory, Methods, Analyses

    Charle, Christophe

    2020

    Uncertain edition

    No store links – the book has no reliable ISBN.

    As written on the list

    Charle, Christophe, Legitimacies in Peril: Towards a Comparative History of Elites and State in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century France and Western Europe, Ingår i: "Researching Elites and Power: Theory, Methods, Analyses", 2020, s. 71–82

  • Cookson, Peter W. jr., English and American Residential Secondary Schools: A Comparative Study of the Reproduction of Social Elites

    Part of Comparative education review

    1985, nr. 3

    Not a book to buy

    As written on the list

    Cookson, Peter W. jr., English and American Residential Secondary Schools: A Comparative Study of the Reproduction of Social Elites, Ingår i: Comparative education review., vol. 29, nr. 3, 1985, s. 283–298, Volume 29(3)

  • The Norwegian Field of Power Anno 2000

    Part of European societies

    Hjellbreke, Johs. et al.

    2007, nr. 2

    Not a book to buy

    As written on the list

    Hjellbreke, Johs.; et.al., The Norwegian Field of Power Anno 2000, Ingår i: European societies., vol. 9, nr. 2, 2007, s. 245–273, Volume 9(2)

  • The power elite

    Mills, C. Wright

    1999, Oxford University Press

    ISBN 9780195133547, print

    Verified edition

    Kapitel 1–7, 12

    As written on the list

    Mills, C. Wright, The power elite, New York, Oxford University Press, 1999 (Kapitel 1–7, 12)

  • For a Relational Approach to Cultural Capital: A Concept Tested by Changes In the French Social Space

    Part of The sociological review

    Serre, Delphine

    2015, nr. 2

    Not a book to buy

    As written on the list

    Serre, Delphine, For a Relational Approach to Cultural Capital: A Concept Tested by Changes In the French Social Space, Ingår i: The sociological review., vol. 63, nr. 2, 2015, s. 433–450

  • The Transnational Track: State Sponsorship and Singapore's Oxbridge Elite

    Part of British journal of sociology of education

    Ye, Rebecca

    2015, nr. 1

    Not a book to buy

    As written on the list

    Ye, Rebecca, The Transnational Track: State Sponsorship and Singapore's Oxbridge Elite, Ingår i: British journal of sociology of education., vol. 36, nr. 1, 2015, s. 11–33, Volume 36(1)

  • World Yearbook of Education 2015: Elites, Privilege and Excellence: the National and Global Redefinition of Educational Advantage (World Yearbook of Education)

    Zanten, Agnès van, Ball, Stephen J., Darchy-Koechlin, Brigitte

    2015, Routledge

    ISBN 9781138786424, e-book

    Verified edition

    Store links are for the print edition (ISBN 9781138786424).

    As written on the list

    Zanten, Agnès van; Ball, Stephen J.; Darchy-Koechlin, Brigitte, World Yearbook of Education 2015: Elites, Privilege and Excellence: the National and Global Redefinition of Educational Advantage (World Yearbook of Education), Routledge, 2015

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