Elites on trial

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Morgan, Glenn, Hirsch, Paul, Quack, Sigrid
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2015.
• Σειρά: Research in the sociology of organizations ; v. 43.
• Θέματα: Business & Economics > Organizational Behavior.; Organizational theory & behaviour.; Elite (Social sciences)

 In 2008, the world entered a new period of turmoil. Financial markets collapsed, banks and other financial institutions went in to crisis; credit dried up, consumption reduced and firms started to cut back and reduce investment in the light of uncertainty. Unemployment increased and welfare payments increased. States that borrowed to save their banks and to maintain their spending found the financial markets and the international institutions condemning their profligacy and urging austerity policies. This book is concerned with what happens when elites are challenged by such a crisis; in our terms, elites are on trial firstly for their role in the past and shaping the context for the crisis, secondly in terms of how they responded to the crisis and finally in terms of what role they are playing in the aftermath. Can they reestablish their legitimacy or will they fail this trial and find themselves replaced by other groups with different objectives? This collection draws together a variety of studies and approaches to these issues from a group of international authors which helps us understand elites on trial in the contemporary period. 

 Elites on trial : introduction / Glenn Morgan, Paul Hirsch, Sigrid Quack -- The rise of the 1% : an organizational explanation / Jonathan Murphy, Hugh Willmott -- Elites, varieties of capitalism and the crisis of neo-liberalism / Glenn Morgan -- The counter-cyclical character of the elite / Shamus Rahman Khan -- Understanding the changing nature of the relationship between the state and business elites / Ali Ergur, Sibel Yamak, Mustafa Özbilgin -- Impacts of globalization processes on the Swiss national business elite community : a diachronic analysis of Swiss large corporations (1980-2010) / Eric Davoine ... [et al.] -- Euro Zone corporate elites at the cliff edge (2005-2008) : a new approach of transnational interlocking / Antoine Vion, François-Xavier Dudouet, Eric Grémont -- Business elites and the field of power in France / Mairi Maclean, Charles Harvey, Gerhard Kling -- The democratic dilemma : aligning fields of elite influence and political equality / Elisabeth Clemens -- Legitimation strategies of corporate elites in the field of labor regulation : changing responses to global framework agreements / Markus Helfen, Elke Schüssler, Sebastian Botzem -- Elite discourse and institutional innovation : making the hybrid happen in English public services / Mike Reed, Mike Wallace -- Business elites and undemocracy in Britain : a work in progress / Andrew Bowman ... [et al.] -- From designers to doctrinaires : staff research and fiscal policy change at the IMF / Cornel Ban -- Fighting the financial crisis : the social construction and de-construction of the financial crisis in Denmark / Peer Hull Kristensen -- From classwide coherence to company-focused management and director engagement / Michael Useem.