Managing Elites
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-7425-3849-8 (ISBN)
How does one become a member of an elite profession? Managing Elites examines how elites-in-training contest, rationalize and ultimately enthusiastically embrace their dominant positions in society. Using interviews with 79 law and MBA students, the author argues that elite socialization requires both accommodation and resistance to professional ideologies. Students develop a collective cynicism about elements of their education, learning that their discipline imparts esoteric knowledge — but also claiming that they didn't learn anything. They struggle with the idea that fellow students are all equally intelligent and therefore deserving of elite status, and the continuing emphasis on activities that sort students. Students resist that paths to success promoted by school cultures—investment banking, consulting, or becoming partner in a large law firm. Such cynicism is indeed ultimately revealed to be temporary, as most students end up in full support of these 'jobs of least resistance'. Their critiques do, however, create tensions: between competition and cooperation, between the individual and the collective, and between egalitarianism and elitism. Part of elite socialization is learning to deal with these tensions, or more specifically, to hold contradictory ideals at the same time.
Debra Jo Schleef, Ph.D Northwestern University, is a professor of Sociology at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, VA. She is the author of numerous scholarly articles in law and education journals. Her most recent book is Managing Elites: Accomodation and Resistance in Law and Business Schools (Rowman and Littlefield Press, 2005).
Chapter 1 Introduction: Ideology and Social Reproduction in Education Chapter 2 "That's a Good Question!" Exploring Motivations at Entry Chapter 3 I Didn't Think It Would Be like "The Paper Chase!" Chapter 4 "It's All Common Sense:" Ideology and Resistance in the Provision of Professional Skills Chapter 5 Thinking Like a Lawyer, Strategizing Like a Manager Chapter 6 Empty Ethics and Reasonable Responsibility Chapter 7 Jobs of Least Resistance Chapter 8 Pursuing Elite Professional Careers
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 22.2.2006 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 157 x 228 mm |
| Gewicht | 381 g |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht |
| Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Berufs-/Gebührenrecht | |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7425-3849-4 / 0742538494 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7425-3849-8 / 9780742538498 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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