Researching amongst elites: challenges and opportunities in studying up
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Farnham, Surrey, England Ashgate ©2012
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Redirecting the academic gaze upward -- "Studying up" Wall Street: reflections on theory and methodology -- "Studying up" in the context of Civil War: understanding armed defense of the status quo -- Getting in and finding out: accessing and interviewing elites in business and work contexts -- Interviewing celebrities: strategies for getting beyond the sound bite -- Examining elites using qualitative media analysis: celebrity news coverage and TMZ -- Overlooking the workers: community leaders' perspectives on plant closures and economic recession -- The globality of globals: from floating to escape routes -- Studying immigrant entrepreneurs: from ordinary to big players in the transnational capitalist class -- Productive disorientation, or the ups and downs of embodied research -- A feminist researcher interviewing elite men: reflections on "studying up" and selling out -- Turning over rocks and unsettling memories: "studying up" Euro-Canadians in the spaces between cultures -- Methodological challenges faced when researching in hostile environments: the SAWP in a Canadian hinterland
Presenting the latest empirical case studies from Canada, the USA and Australia, this volume explores the challenges and difficulties involved in conducting research amongst the rich and elite, whilst shedding light on the manner in which power is harnessed, protected and controlled to manage and manipulate resources. A demonstration of the importance of studying up to our understanding of decision-making, governance and the nature of contemporary democracy in the global economy, Researching Amongst Elites will be of interest to sociologists, anthropologists and geographers working in areas su
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ISBN:9781409429562
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