02537nam 2200637 450 991045262030332120200520144314.00-7425-4555-51-4616-4010-5(CKB)2550000001111063(EBL)1351186(OCoLC)856869590(SSID)ssj0000983400(PQKBManifestationID)12375314(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000983400(PQKBWorkID)10988578(PQKB)10289237(MiAaPQ)EBC1351186(Au-PeEL)EBL1351186(CaPaEBR)ebr10754431(CaONFJC)MIL510955(EXLCZ)99255000000111106320080117d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMembers only elite clubs and the process of exclusion /Diana KendallLanham :Rowman & Littlefield,[2008]©20081 online resource (202 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7425-4556-3 1-299-79704-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.The world of exclusive clubs -- Exclusion and snobbery take a trip from London to America -- How to "chosen few" are chosen -- Membership has its privileges -- Making connections : clubs and political networks -- Change and resistance to change in membership policies -- Beyond the walls : the wider influence of elite clubs.Members Only addresses how exclusive private clubs maintain and perpetuate class-based privilege and racial/ethnic and religious segregation, and how such patterns of social exclusion heighten social inequality. Members Only continues Kendall's study of the upper classes, which began with The Power of Good Deeds, and Framing Class.ClubsUnited StatesElite (Social sciences)Social networksUnited StatesMarginality, SocialUnited StatesSocial capital (Sociology)United StatesElectronic books.ClubsElite (Social sciences)Social networksMarginality, SocialSocial capital (Sociology)366Kendall Diana Elizabeth330155MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452620303321Members only2067661UNINA