The Sociology of Pierre Bourdieu

Kennett, John

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“…Bourdieu eloquently describes these cognitive and motivating structures as:‘A system of lasting, transposable dispositions which, integrating past experiences, functions at every moment as a matrix of perceptions, appreciations, and actions and makes possible the achievement of infinitely diversified tasks, thanks to analogical transfers of schemes permitting the solution of similarly shaped problems.’(Bourdieu, 1971, p. 83)Thus, social origins and past experiences provide a platform for taken-for-granted perceptions of what is possible and the instinctive actions in response to career opportunities or obstacles (Harker, Mahar and Wilkes, 1990). Through legal education, articles and professional mentorship (and their own biographies), lawyers also acquire cultural repertoires that foster familiarity and skill in negotiating legal careers (Kennett, 1973, p. 242).…”

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Professional monopolies and divisive practices in law: ‘les femmes juridiques’ in civil law, Canada

Kay

2008

International Journal of Law in Context

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This paper examines women’s entry and advancement within Québec’s, civil law tradition of a dual system of notaires and avocats in law practice. The two arms of the profession have developed along exclusive legal jurisdictions codified through law, contrasting professional structures, and different styles of legal practice. Yet, they share a common foundation through law school and professional training and their respective practices of law occasionally overlap and conflict in the competition for clientele, services and professional status. Women’s representation in Québec law practice has risen to nearly fifty percent and their entry to law in large numbers coincides with the emergence of exclusionary processes within and across the professional divide. Bourdieu’s theory of cultural capital provides new insight to gendered career dynamics in law practice, specifically an understanding of cultural repertoires of resources mobilised in successful careers, resources that are also at the centre of disputes over the professional status and legal jurisdictions between notaires and avocats. The analysis demonstrates that women and men within these two professional groups are not only equipped with differential stocks of capital, but that the conversion rates also differ. Particularly among the avocats, men receive greater exchange on their investments in human and social capitals and their cultivated ‘habitus’ also better enables men to garner enhanced job rewards.

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Professional monopolies and divisive practices in law: ‘les femmes juridiques’ in civil law, Canada

Kay

2008

International Journal of Law in Context

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“… 8 I included dispositions as a final layer in the regression analyses because Bourdieu (1997) contends that these perceptions and aspirations are cemented through biographies and experiences such as law school and professional formation in specific work contexts (Kennett 1973:242). Therefore, causal ordering suggests that dispositions, as a form of social‐symbolic capital, are best included as a final regression step, following organizational‐structural variables. …”

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Intraprofessional Competition and Earnings Inequalities Across a Professional Chasm: The Case of the Legal Profession in Québec, Canada

Kay

2009

Law Soc Rev

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Intraprofessional rivalry has a long history. This article examines earnings disparities as a dimension of intraprofessional competition among avocats and notaires in the civil law system of Québec, Canada. Drawing on two large‐scale surveys and in‐depth interviews with legal professionals, I examine three competing perspectives of earnings inequalities: human capital, social‐symbolic capital, and organizational‐structural explanations. Through this analysis I seek to examine whether similar causal processes shape earnings across the two spheres of legal practice in Québec. The findings of this study clearly demonstrate that these two professional groups are equipped with differential stocks of capital, and conversion rates differ drastically. Avocats receive greater exchange on their investments in human and social‐symbolic capitals. These disparities are most pronounced in sectors of the profession where jurisdictional frictions abound: among notaires and avocats working as solo practitioners and in small firms within competitive urban contexts. The article concludes with a discussion of theoretical extensions and future directions for the study of legal professionals in civil law systems and blended jurisdictions.

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On Reproduction, Habitus and Education

Harker

1984

Br. J. of Sociology of Educ.

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The Sociology of Pierre Bourdieu

Cited by 17 publications

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Professional monopolies and divisive practices in law: ‘les femmes juridiques’ in civil law, Canada

Professional monopolies and divisive practices in law: ‘les femmes juridiques’ in civil law, Canada

Intraprofessional Competition and Earnings Inequalities Across a Professional Chasm: The Case of the Legal Profession in Québec, Canada

On Reproduction, Habitus and Education

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