Winzler, T. (2022) Fringe nobles and boundary maintenance: an exploration. Social Science Information, 61(2-3), pp. 345-368. (doi: 10.1177/05390184221114006)
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Abstract
This article explores a sub-group of elites at the border to non-elites that I shall call fringe nobles. It develops the theoretical interest in this group, understood as a structural ideal-type. It then fleshes out the characteristics of it with the help of historical examples of relational studies of fringe nobles before complementing this with a case-study on study motivation of German fringe noble economics students. The habitus of this group is characterized by a taste for purification and field-specific extreme positions – in the field of contemporary economics, this seems expressed by the likely uptake of an ultraliberal position. The article then goes on to explore the links of this position-taking with a specific feeling of threat before turning to the position-taking of fringe noble economists in the field of politics. The article concludes with a plea for a sociology of fringe nobles by formulating further empirical and theoretical questions.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Winzler, Dr Tim |
| Authors: | Winzler, T. |
| College/School: | College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Sociology Anthropology and Applied Social Sciences |
| Journal Name: | Social Science Information |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
| ISSN: | 0539-0184 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1461-7412 |
| Published Online: | 03 August 2022 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2022 The Author |
| First Published: | First published in Social Science Information 61(2-3): 345-368 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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