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The Social Construction of the US Academic Elite - A Mixed Methods Study of Two Disciplines (Hardcover)
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The Social Construction of the US Academic Elite - A Mixed Methods Study of Two Disciplines (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology
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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.
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