The Social Construction of the US Academic Elite - A Mixed Methods Study of Two Disciplines (Hardcover)

This book explores the stark stratification and struggles over classifications in US academia from a relational perspective, looking beyond material differences and tracing its roots to symbolic power relations. Based on a mixed methods study drawing on both interview and quantitative data, it offers an account of the workings of academia, shedding light on the structures that permit elite departments to define categories and impose legitimate scientific definitions, to which the non-elite must adhere. With a focus on two scientific disciplines, the author shows how the translation of objective structures into mental structures establishes a relationship of power with regard to the definition of scientific categories, thus determining access to resources and opportunities to participate and move within the academic field. A study of the unequal intrusion of economic logics into the academic domain, this volume will appeal to scholars, policy makers and institutional leaders with interests in higher education, inequality within science, academic careers, power relationships and competition in the academy.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Advances in Sociology
Release date:	September 2021
First published:	2022
Authors:	Stephanie Beyer
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	218
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-56856-6
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Research methods Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Work & labour Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > Universities / polytechnics
LSN:	0-367-56856-X
Barcode:	9780367568566

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