The Social Construction of the US Academic Elite A Mixed Methods Study of Two Disciplines 1st Edition by Stephanie Beyer 0367568586 9780367568580

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ISBN 10: 0367568586

ISBN 13: 9780367568580

Author: Stephanie Beyer

This book explores the stark stratification and struggles over classifications in US academia from a relational perspective, looking beyond material differences and tracing its roots to symbolic power relations. Based on a mixed methods study drawing on both interview and quantitative data, it offers an account of the workings of academia, shedding light on the structures that permit elite departments to define categories and impose legitimate scientific definitions, to which the non-elite must adhere. With a focus on two scientific disciplines, the author shows how the translation of objective structures into mental structures establishes a relationship of power with regard to the definition of scientific categories, thus determining access to resources and opportunities to participate and move within the academic field. A study of the unequal intrusion of economic logics into the academic domain, this volume will appeal to scholars, policy makers and institutional leaders with interests in higher education, inequality within science, academic careers, power relationships and competition in the academy.

The Social Construction of the US Academic Elite A Mixed Methods Study of Two Disciplines 1st Table of contents:

1 The stratification and economization of academia

2 A relational approach to the social

3 The reconstruction of two US academic fields

4 Tracing trajectories

5 Structured narratives

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