Leader Communities : : The Consecration of Elites in Djursholm /

Leader Communities : : The Consecration of Elites in Djursholm / / Mikael Holmqvist.

All around the world there are elite suburban communities: Palo Alto, California, and Greenwich, Connecticut, in the U.S.; Paris's Neuilly; and Oxshott outside London. These wealthy suburbs are home to the economic and social elites who work in the world's global cities. Stockholm's s...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
VerfasserIn:
Holmqvist, Mikael,
MitwirkendeR:
Holmqvist, Mikael,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2018]
©2017
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 13 b&w photographs
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Preface
  • 1. A SHINING CITY: The Emphasis on Aesthetics
  • 2. A PRIVILEGED WORLD: Economic Power and Wealth
  • 3. SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE AND WINNERS
  • 4. SPORTY TEENAGERS, WINSOME PENSIONERS
  • 5. FRAGRANT, SOCIABLE PERSONAGES
  • 6. COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL PARTITION
  • 7. FAMILY LIFE
  • 8. A LIFESTYLE UNDER THREAT
  • 9. SERVICE STAFF
  • 10. BECOMING AN ELITE
  • 11. JUDGMENT AND FEAR OF FAILURE
  • 12. TACTICS FOR SUCCESS
  • 13. LEADER COMMUNITIES: The Rise of the "Consecracy"
  • Acknowledgments
  • Literature
  • Appendix: The Ethnographic Study
  • Notes
  • Index

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