A Social Analysis of an Elite Constellation: The Case of Formula 1

Nichols, Georgia; Savage, Mike

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“…Processes of accumulation of capitals, resources, and assets by influential elites have been documented (Savage et al, 2005 ; Toft, 2019 ). As accumulation of different forms of capital often takes more than one generation, it is necessary to study elites historically (Nichols & Savage, 2017 ). This has even extended to historical analysis of changes in the upper classes (Scott, 1982 ) or relations between different power forms within large scale societies (Mann, 1986 ).…”

Section: Background: Studying Elites Over Timementioning

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From integrated to fragmented elites. The core of Swiss elite networks 1910–2015

Rossier

Ellersgaard

Larsen

et al. 2022

British Journal of Sociology

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This article focuses on historical elite dynamics and investigates elites' integration over time. We describe the changing relations and composition of the central circles in Swiss elite networks at seven benchmark years between 1910 and 2015 by relying on 22,262 elite individuals tied to 2587 organizations among eight key sectors, and identify for each year the most connected core of individuals. We explore network cohesion and sectoral bridging of the elite core and find that it moved from being a unitary corporate elite, before 1945, to an integrated corporatist elite, between the 1950s and 1980s, before fragmenting into a loose group, with an increased importance of corporate elites, in the 1990s onwards. The core was always dominated by business and their forms of legitimacy but, at times of crisis to the hegemony of corporate elites, after the Second World War and (only) shortly after the 2008 financial crisis, elite circles expanded and included individuals with delegated forms of power, such as politicians and unionists. In the most recent cohort (2015), the share of corporate elites in the core is similar to the one before the First World War and during the interwar period. This return to the past echoes findings on wealth inequality and economic capital accumulation by a small group of individuals organized around the most powerful companies.

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Section: Background: Studying Elites Over Timementioning

confidence: 99%

From integrated to fragmented elites. The core of Swiss elite networks 1910–2015

Rossier

Ellersgaard

Larsen

et al. 2022

British Journal of Sociology

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“…As accumulation of different forms of capital often takes more than one generation, it is necessary to study elites historically (Nichols and Savage 2017). This has even extended to historical analysis of changes in the upper classes (Scott 1982) or relations between different power forms within large scale societies (Mann 1986).…”

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From Integrated to Fragmented Elites. The Core of Swiss Elite Networks 1910-2015

Rossier¹,

Ellersgaard²,

Larsen³

et al. 2021

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This article focuses on historical elite dynamics and investigates elites’ integration over time. We describe the changing relations and composition of the central circles in Swiss elite networks at seven benchmark years between 1910 and 2015 by relying on 22,262 elite individuals tied to 2587 organisations among eight key sectors, and identify for each year the most connected core of individuals. We explore network cohesion and sectoral bridging of the elite core and find that it moved from being a unitary corporate elite following family-based elite reproduction, before 1945, to an integrated corporatist elite involved in educational and professional-based reproduction, between the 1950s and 1980s, before fragmenting into a loose group in the 1990s onwards. The core was always dominated by business and their forms of legitimacy but, at times of crisis to the hegemony of corporate elites, elite circles expanded and included individuals with delegated forms of power, such as politicians and unionists, detaining more university credentials, and less transnational connections and elite family ties.

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“…Researchers in the social sciences broadly view elites as having the capacity to exercise disproportionate power over market agents and political organisations across networks (Daloz, 2010;Savage and Williams, 2008) influencing causal effects to enact change (Scott, 2008). More recently, researchers have moved away from studies of political elites and 'the establishment', to examine financial elites (Savage and Williams, 2008), although this has often oversimplified the complexity of elite networks, leaving them bounded in particular fields (Nichols and Savage, 2017). Instead, Nichols and Savage (2017) have suggested a turn to examine how elite networks can be messier, as temporal constellations, which straddle different arenas.…”

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“…More recently, researchers have moved away from studies of political elites and 'the establishment', to examine financial elites (Savage and Williams, 2008), although this has often oversimplified the complexity of elite networks, leaving them bounded in particular fields (Nichols and Savage, 2017). Instead, Nichols and Savage (2017) have suggested a turn to examine how elite networks can be messier, as temporal constellations, which straddle different arenas.…”

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Elite entrepreneurship education: Translating ideas in North Korea

et al. 2018

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The recent geographies of education literature have drawn attention to the role of elite business education in circulating new ideas. Our paper presents an ethnography based in North Korea to examine the introduction of an international business education for young generations of North Korean elites (‘donjus’). Drawing on extant literature on translation, our study shows how the translation of entrepreneurial ideas between market-orientated economies and North Korea’s political economy creates different legitimacy tensions within teaching space, and how those tensions are managed to help translate ideas, making them relevant for the local economy. In conclusion, we introduce new understanding into how business schools function as a hub of idea translation and foster the (re-)production of economic elites in an institutional space, where commercial entrepreneurship is still illegal.

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A Social Analysis of an Elite Constellation: The Case of Formula 1

Cited by 15 publications

References 33 publications

From integrated to fragmented elites. The core of Swiss elite networks 1910–2015

From integrated to fragmented elites. The core of Swiss elite networks 1910–2015

From Integrated to Fragmented Elites. The Core of Swiss Elite Networks 1910-2015

Elite entrepreneurship education: Translating ideas in North Korea

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