Book Review: Eliter i Sverige: Tvärvetenskapliga perspektiv på makt, status och klass by Bengt Erik Eriksson, Mikael Holmqvist and Lena Sohl (eds).

Book Review: Eliter i Sverige: Tvärvetenskapliga perspektiv på makt, status och klass by Bengt Erik Eriksson, Mikael Holmqvist and Lena Sohl (eds) Eriksson, Bengt Erik Holmqvist, Mikael Sohl, Lena (eds) Eliter i Sverige: Tvärvetenskapliga perspektiv på makt, status och klass, Lund: Studentlitteratur, 2018; 344 pp.: ISBN 9789144116365, 270 kr (paper) The word "elite" is quickly going the way of the word "fascist", often employed by those it denotes against their opponents. The first three chapters revolve around education, with Ida Lidegran finding that, while in the past elites studied Latin and the humanities, today's elite youth focus upon the sciences. [Extracted from the article]