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Multi-sited understandings: complicating the role of elite schools in transnational class formation
- Source :
- British Journal of Sociology of Education
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2020.
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Abstract
- It has been argued that a transnational elite class is emerging, and that elite schools are ‘choreographing’ this process. This article nuances this developing theoretical framework with empirical data from an economically elite boarding school in Switzerland. It demonstrates that young men and women at this site linked to a global economy whilst refracting geopolitical tensions in their interactions with one another. This draws our attention to the multi-sited understandings that elite young people develop, despite the widespread assumption that in modern globalisation, wealth can break down cultural and juridical borders. This paper thus importantly contributes to an emerging discussion about the possibilities and constraints of transnational class formation at elite schools. In particular, it suggests that different kinds of elite schools may fill different kinds of roles when it comes to such processes.
- Subjects :
- Class (computer programming)
Sociology and Political Science
05 social sciences
050301 education
Gender studies
Social class
0506 political science
Education
Nationalism
Globalization
Elite
050602 political science & public administration
Transnationalism
Sociology
Class formation
0503 education
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14653346 and 01425692
- Volume :
- 42
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- British Journal of Sociology of Education
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f6045c921579ec0a473da43629799ce5