Prudence L. Carter
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780195168624
- eISBN:
- 9780199943968
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195168624.003.0017
- Subject:
- Sociology, Education
This chapter examines how and why race, ethnicity, and culture influence students' academic behaviors. It discuss Pierre Bourdieu's cultural capital theory, which explains how the cultural codes and ...
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This chapter examines how and why race, ethnicity, and culture influence students' academic behaviors. It discuss Pierre Bourdieu's cultural capital theory, which explains how the cultural codes and symbols of high status or dominant social groups become integral in the practices and sensibilities of schools and other social organizations and consequently how these cultural practices yield advantages disproportionately to members of those particular groups. It describes how low-income African American and Latino students negotiate their usage of both dominant and non-dominant cultural capital.Less
This chapter examines how and why race, ethnicity, and culture influence students' academic behaviors. It discuss Pierre Bourdieu's cultural capital theory, which explains how the cultural codes and symbols of high status or dominant social groups become integral in the practices and sensibilities of schools and other social organizations and consequently how these cultural practices yield advantages disproportionately to members of those particular groups. It describes how low-income African American and Latino students negotiate their usage of both dominant and non-dominant cultural capital.
James Davison Hunter
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- May 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199730803
- eISBN:
- 9780199777082
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199730803.003.0006
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
The actual vitality of American Christianity’s cultural capital today resides almost exclusively among average people in the pew rather than those in leadership, on the periphery not the center of ...
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The actual vitality of American Christianity’s cultural capital today resides almost exclusively among average people in the pew rather than those in leadership, on the periphery not the center of cultural production, in tastes that run to the popular rather than the exceptional, the middle brow rather than the high brow, and almost always toward the practical as opposed to the theoretical or the imaginative. The collective impact of the Christian community of the nature and direction of the culture itself is negligible. They have been absent from the arenas in which the greatest influence in culture is exerted.Less
The actual vitality of American Christianity’s cultural capital today resides almost exclusively among average people in the pew rather than those in leadership, on the periphery not the center of cultural production, in tastes that run to the popular rather than the exceptional, the middle brow rather than the high brow, and almost always toward the practical as opposed to the theoretical or the imaginative. The collective impact of the Christian community of the nature and direction of the culture itself is negligible. They have been absent from the arenas in which the greatest influence in culture is exerted.
Heidi Rolland Unruh and Ronald J. Sider
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- October 2005
- ISBN:
- 9780195161557
- eISBN:
- 9780199835836
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195161556.003.0011
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
Congregations represent a significant source of energy for social action because of their unique capacity to mobilize a constituent network for collective ends. Congregations translate their social ...
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Congregations represent a significant source of energy for social action because of their unique capacity to mobilize a constituent network for collective ends. Congregations translate their social capital into public good by sponsoring organized action, by empowering the civic involvement of members, by sharing resources within the congregation's relational network, and by harnessing religious cultural capital to social concerns. An evangelistic mission may strengthen a church's social capital, particularly if the church adopts a relational, holistic mission orientation, sharing its faith both in word and deed. This potential may be limited, however, by the challenges of connecting with people across racial, cultural or socioeconomic class lines, and by the lack of a social vision.Less
Congregations represent a significant source of energy for social action because of their unique capacity to mobilize a constituent network for collective ends. Congregations translate their social capital into public good by sponsoring organized action, by empowering the civic involvement of members, by sharing resources within the congregation's relational network, and by harnessing religious cultural capital to social concerns. An evangelistic mission may strengthen a church's social capital, particularly if the church adopts a relational, holistic mission orientation, sharing its faith both in word and deed. This potential may be limited, however, by the challenges of connecting with people across racial, cultural or socioeconomic class lines, and by the lack of a social vision.
Cheris Shun-ching Chan
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780195394078
- eISBN:
- 9780199951154
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195394078.003.0003
- Subject:
- Sociology, Economic Sociology
This chapter discusses variation among individual insurance firms. As the life insurance business relies heavily on sales agents, manufacturing a productive sales force is the core organizational ...
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This chapter discusses variation among individual insurance firms. As the life insurance business relies heavily on sales agents, manufacturing a productive sales force is the core organizational task of a life insurance firm. However, some insurers are more effective than others in orchestrating a committed and spirited sales force. This chapter details the labor management techniques at various insurance firms, showing how the Sino-American joint venture, Pacific-Aetna, was most effective in motivating its sales agents and boosting their morale; whereas the Sino-German joint venture, Allianz-Dazhong, was least capable of doing so. It also shows how the domestic insurer Ping An adopted a paternalistic approach to control their agents, while the American insurer AIA used a mix of professional and missionary models. These differences across firms are attributed to the cultural capital of their top managers, which in part stems from the organizational cultures of their former workplaces, and their previous institutional and cultural environments.Less
This chapter discusses variation among individual insurance firms. As the life insurance business relies heavily on sales agents, manufacturing a productive sales force is the core organizational task of a life insurance firm. However, some insurers are more effective than others in orchestrating a committed and spirited sales force. This chapter details the labor management techniques at various insurance firms, showing how the Sino-American joint venture, Pacific-Aetna, was most effective in motivating its sales agents and boosting their morale; whereas the Sino-German joint venture, Allianz-Dazhong, was least capable of doing so. It also shows how the domestic insurer Ping An adopted a paternalistic approach to control their agents, while the American insurer AIA used a mix of professional and missionary models. These differences across firms are attributed to the cultural capital of their top managers, which in part stems from the organizational cultures of their former workplaces, and their previous institutional and cultural environments.
Korie L. Edwards
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780195314243
- eISBN:
- 9780199871810
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195314243.003.0004
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
This chapter examines how race matters for the leadership structure of interracial churches. Highlighting how the case‐study church responds to a recent loss of key church leaders, this chapter ...
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This chapter examines how race matters for the leadership structure of interracial churches. Highlighting how the case‐study church responds to a recent loss of key church leaders, this chapter reveals how race and possessing white cultural capital are particularly important criteria for senior interracial church leaders.Less
This chapter examines how race matters for the leadership structure of interracial churches. Highlighting how the case‐study church responds to a recent loss of key church leaders, this chapter reveals how race and possessing white cultural capital are particularly important criteria for senior interracial church leaders.
Amy J. Binder and Kate Wood
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- October 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780691145372
- eISBN:
- 9781400844876
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691145372.003.0008
- Subject:
- Sociology, Education
This chapter examines in more abstract terms how universities, in combination with the broader political culture, cultivate distinctive styles of conservatism among students. It reviews research in ...
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This chapter examines in more abstract terms how universities, in combination with the broader political culture, cultivate distinctive styles of conservatism among students. It reviews research in the fields of higher education studies, cultural sociology, political theory, and organization studies to capture some of the more general processes observed at Eastern Elite University and Western Flagship University. In particular, it considers how social and cultural capital gives rise to the particular dominant conservative styles of civilized discourse at Eastern Elite, provocation in the Western Public university system, and the submerged styles seen at these different campuses. The chapter concludes by arguing that the model developed for studying student conservatism on both campuses is general enough to be useful to scholars studying other aspects of students' lives other than politics.Less
This chapter examines in more abstract terms how universities, in combination with the broader political culture, cultivate distinctive styles of conservatism among students. It reviews research in the fields of higher education studies, cultural sociology, political theory, and organization studies to capture some of the more general processes observed at Eastern Elite University and Western Flagship University. In particular, it considers how social and cultural capital gives rise to the particular dominant conservative styles of civilized discourse at Eastern Elite, provocation in the Western Public university system, and the submerged styles seen at these different campuses. The chapter concludes by arguing that the model developed for studying student conservatism on both campuses is general enough to be useful to scholars studying other aspects of students' lives other than politics.
Helen F. Siu and Agnes S. Ku
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789622099180
- eISBN:
- 9789882206984
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789622099180.003.0015
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Asian Studies
The point of departure here is a shared understanding of the importance of Hong Kong's population. The book has highlighted that Hong Kong's chief resource has always been its people. It has ...
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The point of departure here is a shared understanding of the importance of Hong Kong's population. The book has highlighted that Hong Kong's chief resource has always been its people. It has identified the resources of Hong Kong's people by critically examining their positioning in past and present local, regional, and global contexts. In this time of rapid change, it is necessary to understand how the people might place themselves within an evolving institutional framework. Their lives, aspirations, cultural capital, and strategic maneuvers constitute the bulk of Hong Kong's institutional practices. The hope is that the analytical categories of “Hong Kong”, “Hong Konger”, and the boundaries of “Hong Kong studies” can be redefined and colleagues in the government and business communities will help translate the new parameters into meaningful practices.Less
The point of departure here is a shared understanding of the importance of Hong Kong's population. The book has highlighted that Hong Kong's chief resource has always been its people. It has identified the resources of Hong Kong's people by critically examining their positioning in past and present local, regional, and global contexts. In this time of rapid change, it is necessary to understand how the people might place themselves within an evolving institutional framework. Their lives, aspirations, cultural capital, and strategic maneuvers constitute the bulk of Hong Kong's institutional practices. The hope is that the analytical categories of “Hong Kong”, “Hong Konger”, and the boundaries of “Hong Kong studies” can be redefined and colleagues in the government and business communities will help translate the new parameters into meaningful practices.
Gernot Grabher and David Stark
- Published in print:
- 1996
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198290209
- eISBN:
- 9780191684791
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198290209.003.0010
- Subject:
- Business and Management, Organization Studies, Political Economy
This chapter starts by outlining the legacy of entrepreneurship and self-entrepreneurship in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR). The chapter examines methods of privatization and the ...
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This chapter starts by outlining the legacy of entrepreneurship and self-entrepreneurship in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR). The chapter examines methods of privatization and the structure of ownership in eastern Germany since the regime shift of November 1989. The second section looks into the various aspects of the social and cultural embeddedness of new entrepreneurships in eastern Germany, such as the different group origins, and their cultural capital; biographical resources, skills, and professional experience; and networks and ties. Lastly, the chapter comments on subjective interpretations of the new entrepreneurs, quotations from whom give an impression of their roles and role conflicts.Less
This chapter starts by outlining the legacy of entrepreneurship and self-entrepreneurship in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR). The chapter examines methods of privatization and the structure of ownership in eastern Germany since the regime shift of November 1989. The second section looks into the various aspects of the social and cultural embeddedness of new entrepreneurships in eastern Germany, such as the different group origins, and their cultural capital; biographical resources, skills, and professional experience; and networks and ties. Lastly, the chapter comments on subjective interpretations of the new entrepreneurs, quotations from whom give an impression of their roles and role conflicts.
Alan Peacock and Ilde Rizzo
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- May 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780199213177
- eISBN:
- 9780191707124
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199213177.003.0006
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Public and Welfare
Buildings ranging from castles to humble homes, and from locations of historical events of international down to local significance, are symbols of the past which command growing public interest. In ...
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Buildings ranging from castles to humble homes, and from locations of historical events of international down to local significance, are symbols of the past which command growing public interest. In contrast with MGs, public support for preserving the built heritage relies particularly on expert opinion on deciding the range of choice. The responsibility for choice is onerous because experts such as architects and town planners may profoundly disagree amongst themselves about the ‘value’ of the built heritage in its various manifestations. Particular problems that have to be faced are (i) the extent to which artefacts should be restored; (ii) whether adaptation should be made for modern use of the properties; and (iii) the classification of artefacts according to their importance. Assigning the responsibility for identification of the built heritage to experts gives rise to considerable public debate. Their recommendations entail interference with private property rights in historic buildings, and may not accord with those derived from the tastes and preferences of domestic or overseas visitors expected to pay for their upkeep.Less
Buildings ranging from castles to humble homes, and from locations of historical events of international down to local significance, are symbols of the past which command growing public interest. In contrast with MGs, public support for preserving the built heritage relies particularly on expert opinion on deciding the range of choice. The responsibility for choice is onerous because experts such as architects and town planners may profoundly disagree amongst themselves about the ‘value’ of the built heritage in its various manifestations. Particular problems that have to be faced are (i) the extent to which artefacts should be restored; (ii) whether adaptation should be made for modern use of the properties; and (iii) the classification of artefacts according to their importance. Assigning the responsibility for identification of the built heritage to experts gives rise to considerable public debate. Their recommendations entail interference with private property rights in historic buildings, and may not accord with those derived from the tastes and preferences of domestic or overseas visitors expected to pay for their upkeep.
Agnes S. Ku and Clarence Hon-chee Tsui
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789622099180
- eISBN:
- 9789882206984
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789622099180.003.0013
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Asian Studies
This chapter focuses on the building of cultural capital in policy institutions in an age of increasing global competition. It examines the West Kowloon Cultural District for processes by which the ...
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This chapter focuses on the building of cultural capital in policy institutions in an age of increasing global competition. It examines the West Kowloon Cultural District for processes by which the “world city” imagination is translated and pursued as a cultural project by the government. The framework is both a response to the challenges of globalization and a colonial legacy. Grand cultural infrastructure, the discussion argues, remains a product of globalism and institutional paternalism without an organic engagement with the local public. Writers and public intellectuals echo the concerns of an increasingly agitated society whose educated residents are taking their rights of citizenship with remarkable earnestness.Less
This chapter focuses on the building of cultural capital in policy institutions in an age of increasing global competition. It examines the West Kowloon Cultural District for processes by which the “world city” imagination is translated and pursued as a cultural project by the government. The framework is both a response to the challenges of globalization and a colonial legacy. Grand cultural infrastructure, the discussion argues, remains a product of globalism and institutional paternalism without an organic engagement with the local public. Writers and public intellectuals echo the concerns of an increasingly agitated society whose educated residents are taking their rights of citizenship with remarkable earnestness.
Bernd Widdig
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520222908
- eISBN:
- 9780520924703
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520222908.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History
This chapter examines the impact of the inflation on intellectuals and the cultural capital of Germany. It discusses the analysis of the erosion of the statuses of writer, artist, professor, and ...
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This chapter examines the impact of the inflation on intellectuals and the cultural capital of Germany. It discusses the analysis of the erosion of the statuses of writer, artist, professor, and scholar. It provides commentaries on Thomas Mann's novella Unordnung und frühes Leid and Alfred Weber's influential speech at the 1922 convention of the Verein für Sozialpolitik titled Die Not der geistigen Arbeiter.Less
This chapter examines the impact of the inflation on intellectuals and the cultural capital of Germany. It discusses the analysis of the erosion of the statuses of writer, artist, professor, and scholar. It provides commentaries on Thomas Mann's novella Unordnung und frühes Leid and Alfred Weber's influential speech at the 1922 convention of the Verein für Sozialpolitik titled Die Not der geistigen Arbeiter.
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780804756976
- eISBN:
- 9780804779579
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.11126/stanford/9780804756976.003.0007
- Subject:
- Sociology, Race and Ethnicity
This chapter uses Israel's 1961 census to determine whether Mizrahim could increase their returns to education if they had had characteristics that were read as western in Jewish discourses. These ...
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This chapter uses Israel's 1961 census to determine whether Mizrahim could increase their returns to education if they had had characteristics that were read as western in Jewish discourses. These “western” characteristics are conceptualized as cultural capital, but capital that signals progress on a shared project of cultural change rather than an upper-class background. The chapter shows that the Iraqi paradox occurred because more Iraqi individuals were able to demonstrate progress on Jewish cultural change projects than individuals from Morocco or Yemen. It concludes that perceived westernness and easternness was an important driving force in the treatment of Mizrahi immigrants in the 1950s, and because only Mizrahim had to prove westernness, the binary categories did have salience in the labor market.Less
This chapter uses Israel's 1961 census to determine whether Mizrahim could increase their returns to education if they had had characteristics that were read as western in Jewish discourses. These “western” characteristics are conceptualized as cultural capital, but capital that signals progress on a shared project of cultural change rather than an upper-class background. The chapter shows that the Iraqi paradox occurred because more Iraqi individuals were able to demonstrate progress on Jewish cultural change projects than individuals from Morocco or Yemen. It concludes that perceived westernness and easternness was an important driving force in the treatment of Mizrahi immigrants in the 1950s, and because only Mizrahim had to prove westernness, the binary categories did have salience in the labor market.
Lieve Van Hoof
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199583263
- eISBN:
- 9780191723131
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199583263.003.0010
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, Ancient Greek, Roman, and Early Christian Philosophy
This chapter gives a list of Plutarch's practical ethics and summarizes the characteristics that set them apart from especially his Lives, works of technical philosophy, and Delphic dialogues. These ...
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This chapter gives a list of Plutarch's practical ethics and summarizes the characteristics that set them apart from especially his Lives, works of technical philosophy, and Delphic dialogues. These characteristics include the author's target readership, therapeutical practices, and self-presentation, which are shown to have two important consequences. The first is that Plutarch may be much closer to the Second Sophistic than is usually assumed: he is not just a philanthropic adviser, but also a sophisticated author strategically manipulating his cultural capital in pursuit of influence and glory. The second point is that Plutarch's practical ethics turn our attention away from doctrinal history and encourage us to look at imperial philosophy as a social phenomenon: in the practical ethics, philosophy is activated by Plutarch as a kind of symbolic capital engendering power and prestige both for his readers and for himself. In this way, Plutarch's practical ethics show the social dynamics of philosophy.Less
This chapter gives a list of Plutarch's practical ethics and summarizes the characteristics that set them apart from especially his Lives, works of technical philosophy, and Delphic dialogues. These characteristics include the author's target readership, therapeutical practices, and self-presentation, which are shown to have two important consequences. The first is that Plutarch may be much closer to the Second Sophistic than is usually assumed: he is not just a philanthropic adviser, but also a sophisticated author strategically manipulating his cultural capital in pursuit of influence and glory. The second point is that Plutarch's practical ethics turn our attention away from doctrinal history and encourage us to look at imperial philosophy as a social phenomenon: in the practical ethics, philosophy is activated by Plutarch as a kind of symbolic capital engendering power and prestige both for his readers and for himself. In this way, Plutarch's practical ethics show the social dynamics of philosophy.
Andrea Louie
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781479890521
- eISBN:
- 9781479859887
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9781479890521.003.0004
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Social and Cultural Anthropology
This chapter explores the complexities of Asian American identity production in the context of adoption by focusing on the experiences of Chinese American adoptive parents. Drawing on Asian American ...
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This chapter explores the complexities of Asian American identity production in the context of adoption by focusing on the experiences of Chinese American adoptive parents. Drawing on Asian American scholar Lisa Lowe's model of Asian American cultural change, it considers conceptions of China and Chinese culture that inform Asian American adoptive parents' effectiveness in addressing racial and cultural identity issues for adoptees, and how these meanings of Chineseness are renegotiated over time as they are practiced within daily lives. It shows that Chinese American adoptive parents are flexible when it comes to creating and practicing (or not practicing) Chinese or Chinese American culture. It also examines how issues of cultural authenticity are intertwined with questions of cultural change, how the uneven power relations and histories that define the relationships between whites and Asian Americans factor into cultural productions, and how attempts at self-fashioning and building cultural capital present possibilities for the construction of alternative identities.Less
This chapter explores the complexities of Asian American identity production in the context of adoption by focusing on the experiences of Chinese American adoptive parents. Drawing on Asian American scholar Lisa Lowe's model of Asian American cultural change, it considers conceptions of China and Chinese culture that inform Asian American adoptive parents' effectiveness in addressing racial and cultural identity issues for adoptees, and how these meanings of Chineseness are renegotiated over time as they are practiced within daily lives. It shows that Chinese American adoptive parents are flexible when it comes to creating and practicing (or not practicing) Chinese or Chinese American culture. It also examines how issues of cultural authenticity are intertwined with questions of cultural change, how the uneven power relations and histories that define the relationships between whites and Asian Americans factor into cultural productions, and how attempts at self-fashioning and building cultural capital present possibilities for the construction of alternative identities.
Matej Blazek
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781447322740
- eISBN:
- 9781447322764
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447322740.003.0007
- Subject:
- Social Work, Children and Families
This chapter explores the ‘complex presence’ (Mol, 2002) of things, environments, and people with their individual histories, acquaintances and capacities, and its impact on the formation of ...
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This chapter explores the ‘complex presence’ (Mol, 2002) of things, environments, and people with their individual histories, acquaintances and capacities, and its impact on the formation of children’s practices. In the first section, it discusses various ways in which children encounter things, drawing the topographic lines of difference between individual children (or groups of children) and the ways in which they come to engage with things. The second section then focuses on the diversity of ways in which things affect children’s practices, drawing on Bourdieu’s idea of different forms of capital as a framework that emphasises the complex role of things in how children develop their agency.Less
This chapter explores the ‘complex presence’ (Mol, 2002) of things, environments, and people with their individual histories, acquaintances and capacities, and its impact on the formation of children’s practices. In the first section, it discusses various ways in which children encounter things, drawing the topographic lines of difference between individual children (or groups of children) and the ways in which they come to engage with things. The second section then focuses on the diversity of ways in which things affect children’s practices, drawing on Bourdieu’s idea of different forms of capital as a framework that emphasises the complex role of things in how children develop their agency.
Said Sadek
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789774162893
- eISBN:
- 9781617970269
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- American University in Cairo Press
- DOI:
- 10.5743/cairo/9789774162893.003.0005
- Subject:
- Political Science, International Relations and Politics
This chapter illustrates that some aspects of Cairo's traditional cultural prominence in the Arab world have been transformed in the context of technological innovation, pan-regional diversification, ...
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This chapter illustrates that some aspects of Cairo's traditional cultural prominence in the Arab world have been transformed in the context of technological innovation, pan-regional diversification, and the proliferation of new forms of consumerism. It asserts that Cairo's rich cultural traditions, which once dominated the Arab world, remain strong though now drained by political, social, and economic constraints at home, and by competition from emerging Arab cultural capitals. This needs to be interpreted in Egypt not as unhealthy competition but as a source for enriching and democratizing Cairo's culture and Arab culture in general. The transformation can be traced back to the 1967 defeat of Arab military forces by Israel. Using interviews and statistics, the chapter shows, empirically, that the presumed decline of Cairo as a global/regional cultural capital is debatable.Less
This chapter illustrates that some aspects of Cairo's traditional cultural prominence in the Arab world have been transformed in the context of technological innovation, pan-regional diversification, and the proliferation of new forms of consumerism. It asserts that Cairo's rich cultural traditions, which once dominated the Arab world, remain strong though now drained by political, social, and economic constraints at home, and by competition from emerging Arab cultural capitals. This needs to be interpreted in Egypt not as unhealthy competition but as a source for enriching and democratizing Cairo's culture and Arab culture in general. The transformation can be traced back to the 1967 defeat of Arab military forces by Israel. Using interviews and statistics, the chapter shows, empirically, that the presumed decline of Cairo as a global/regional cultural capital is debatable.
Heinrich Best
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199602315
- eISBN:
- 9780191738951
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199602315.003.0010
- Subject:
- Political Science, European Union, Comparative Politics
This chapter examines the causes of variation in the Europeanness of European economic and political elites. It shows that attachment to Europe (emotion), the wish to strengthen European integration ...
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This chapter examines the causes of variation in the Europeanness of European economic and political elites. It shows that attachment to Europe (emotion), the wish to strengthen European integration (cognition), and to strive for a common foreign policy (conation) are loosely coupled and vary strongly between European countries, between elites and the general population, and between economic and political elites. This challenges the thesis that European integration is based on a pan-European consensus within elites and between elites and non-elites. Results of analyses show weak and fragmented evidence for the impact of elites’ situs, status, previous biographical experience, and religious affiliation on their Europeanness, whereas a consistent impact comes from the level of Europeanness of other elite groups, indicating a strong effect of mutual cue-taking and peer-pressure at national level. The impact of these and other findings on the future of the process of European integration is discussed.Less
This chapter examines the causes of variation in the Europeanness of European economic and political elites. It shows that attachment to Europe (emotion), the wish to strengthen European integration (cognition), and to strive for a common foreign policy (conation) are loosely coupled and vary strongly between European countries, between elites and the general population, and between economic and political elites. This challenges the thesis that European integration is based on a pan-European consensus within elites and between elites and non-elites. Results of analyses show weak and fragmented evidence for the impact of elites’ situs, status, previous biographical experience, and religious affiliation on their Europeanness, whereas a consistent impact comes from the level of Europeanness of other elite groups, indicating a strong effect of mutual cue-taking and peer-pressure at national level. The impact of these and other findings on the future of the process of European integration is discussed.
Colin Ong-Dean
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- February 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226630007
- eISBN:
- 9780226630021
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226630021.003.0006
- Subject:
- Education, Early Childhood and Elementary Education
This chapter examines administrative hearings in which parents challenge their disabled children's educational evaluation and placement. It discusses the relation between economic capital and ...
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This chapter examines administrative hearings in which parents challenge their disabled children's educational evaluation and placement. It discusses the relation between economic capital and cultural capital and analyzes the distribution of administrative hearings across different demographic types of school districts. This chapter also examines the influence of parents' economic and cultural capital on the due process hearing decisions and orders.Less
This chapter examines administrative hearings in which parents challenge their disabled children's educational evaluation and placement. It discusses the relation between economic capital and cultural capital and analyzes the distribution of administrative hearings across different demographic types of school districts. This chapter also examines the influence of parents' economic and cultural capital on the due process hearing decisions and orders.
Lieve Van Hoof
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199583263
- eISBN:
- 9780191723131
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199583263.003.0007
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, Ancient Greek, Roman, and Early Christian Philosophy
This chapter is concerned with On Talkativeness, a ‘psychotherapeutic’ work discussing speech, a central issue in elite culture in Plutarch's days. As opposed to earlier authors such as Theophrastus, ...
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This chapter is concerned with On Talkativeness, a ‘psychotherapeutic’ work discussing speech, a central issue in elite culture in Plutarch's days. As opposed to earlier authors such as Theophrastus, Plutarch is not merely concerned with too much talking, but also with the inappropriate or untimely use of speech. By thus extending the subject matter, Plutarch explores the borders between ethics and etiquette. He also deploys a wide range of rhetorical strategies in order to discourage the reader from using speech straightforwardly as an instrument for acquiring honour: philosophy, which replaces self-love with self-knowledge and concern for others, is needed in order to manipulate one's cultural capital successfully in ever changing social circumstances. If his text thus offers practical help in the Bourdieuvian sense of the word, Plutarch also seizes the opportunity to defend his own practice as a prolific writer.Less
This chapter is concerned with On Talkativeness, a ‘psychotherapeutic’ work discussing speech, a central issue in elite culture in Plutarch's days. As opposed to earlier authors such as Theophrastus, Plutarch is not merely concerned with too much talking, but also with the inappropriate or untimely use of speech. By thus extending the subject matter, Plutarch explores the borders between ethics and etiquette. He also deploys a wide range of rhetorical strategies in order to discourage the reader from using speech straightforwardly as an instrument for acquiring honour: philosophy, which replaces self-love with self-knowledge and concern for others, is needed in order to manipulate one's cultural capital successfully in ever changing social circumstances. If his text thus offers practical help in the Bourdieuvian sense of the word, Plutarch also seizes the opportunity to defend his own practice as a prolific writer.
Bryan Fanning
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- July 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780719084782
- eISBN:
- 9781781702215
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719084782.003.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Theory
Why did a country adept at squeezing out surplus family members since the Famine, one that defined itself as monocultural, one that found it difficult to accommodate its small Jewish, Protestant and ...
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Why did a country adept at squeezing out surplus family members since the Famine, one that defined itself as monocultural, one that found it difficult to accommodate its small Jewish, Protestant and Traveller minorities, somehow embrace large-scale immigration? This book examines the role of social policy rather than symbolic politics in promoting or impeding integration in Ireland. A core argument is that integration debates and goals cannot be meaningfully detached from the social inclusion goals understood to apply to Irish citizens. The conversations about integration conducted from different angles in different chapters are variously framed in conceptual debates about social capital, cultural capital, human capital, and human capability. Various chapters examine institutional barriers to integration in the domains of education, social policy, and politics and citizenship. Collectively, the literatures on capabilities, social capital, cultural capital, and psychological well-being emphasise the complexity of processes of social exclusion and inclusion.Less
Why did a country adept at squeezing out surplus family members since the Famine, one that defined itself as monocultural, one that found it difficult to accommodate its small Jewish, Protestant and Traveller minorities, somehow embrace large-scale immigration? This book examines the role of social policy rather than symbolic politics in promoting or impeding integration in Ireland. A core argument is that integration debates and goals cannot be meaningfully detached from the social inclusion goals understood to apply to Irish citizens. The conversations about integration conducted from different angles in different chapters are variously framed in conceptual debates about social capital, cultural capital, human capital, and human capability. Various chapters examine institutional barriers to integration in the domains of education, social policy, and politics and citizenship. Collectively, the literatures on capabilities, social capital, cultural capital, and psychological well-being emphasise the complexity of processes of social exclusion and inclusion.
