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Salverda, Tijo ORCID: 0000-0003-4668-9838 and Skovgaard-Smith, Irene ORCID: 0000-0002-5181-9521 (2018). Attribution and contestation: Relations between elites and other social groups. Crit. Anthropol., 38 (3). S. 265 - 285. LONDON: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD. ISSN 1460-3721

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Abstract

In this article, we explore the often ambiguous relations between elites and other social groups, both subordinate and of relatively equal standing. The article draws on two distinctive ethnographic cases: the white Franco-Mauritian elite, and the expert elite of management consultants in a Western European context. Our analysis of the two cases provides insights into how the power and status of elites are both contested and attributed by the people they interact with and relate to in concrete, yet substantially different contexts and situations. The aim is to show how the position and power of different kinds of elites are relationally negotiated and achieved. As we argue, a better understanding of the role of other social groups in the attribution, maintenance and contestation of status is relevant for understanding both more traditional economic elites and expert elites without tight networks.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Salverda, Tijo UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-4668-9838 UNSPECIFIED Skovgaard-Smith, Irene UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-5181-9521 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-175319
DOI:	10.1177/0308275X18775202
Journal or Publication Title:	Crit. Anthropol.
Volume:	38
Number:	3
Page Range:	S. 265 - 285
Date:	2018
Publisher:	SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
Place of Publication:	LONDON
ISSN:	1460-3721
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language CONSTRUCTION; IDENTITIES Multiple languages Anthropology Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/17531