Elite Business Schools: Education and Consecration in Neoliberal Society

ISBN-13: 9781032110332 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 198 str.

Mikael Holmqvist

Opis

Social scientists are paying increasing attention to the business and financial elites: There’s a great need to understand who these elites are, what they do, and what makes them tick, as individuals but also as a class.

Spis treści

1. Education and Consecration of Neoliberal Elites: Introduction 2. Business, Economics, and the Nobel Prize: History and Legacy 3. Admission: Privilege, Values and Practices 4. Consecration, Business Skills and Leadership: The Student Union 5. Teaching Business: The Invisible Hand in Class 6. Affinity: Pedagogics for a Future Elite 7. Academic Freedom and the Business Community 8. Business School Faculty and Neoliberal Thinking 9. Lifelong Social Relationships and Networks: Business School Alumni 10. Elitism and Masculinity: Business Schools and Elite Employers 11. Business Schools and the Consecration of Elites: Conclusions

O autorze

Mikael Holmqvist is Associate Professor in Sociology and Professor in Business Administration in the Stockholm Business School at Stockholm University, Sweden.