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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790964303321

Titolo

Studying elites using qualitative methods / / Rosanna Hertz, Jonathan B. Imber, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : , : SAGE, , 1995

©1995

ISBN

1-322-42159-5

1-4833-2734-5

1-4522-4746-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 210 pages)

Collana

SAGE focus editions

Altri autori (Persone)

HertzRosanna

ImberJonathan B. <1952->

Disciplina

305.52

Soggetti

Elite (Social sciences)

Power (Social sciences)

Social classes

Prestige

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

part I. Business elites -- part II. Professional elites -- part III. Community and political elites.

Sommario/riassunto

The very nature of elites makes them difficult for social researchers to study. This volume provides valuable insights into how researchers can successfully gain access to elite settings. Using their actual experiences, the contributors provide constructive advice as well as cautionary tales about how they learned to manoeuvre and become accepted in worlds otherwise closed to them.