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Wild, Andrew, Lockett, Andy and Currie, Graeme (2020) Position taking and field level change : Capability Brown and the changing British landscape. Human Relations, 73 (3). pp. 351-377. doi:10.1177/0018726719828436 ISSN 0018-7267.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726719828436
Abstract
How does a social actor in a disadvantaged position achieve field-level change? Using a longitudinal case of “Capability” Brown, an individual rising from humble origins to shape and refine the British landscape, we examine how an actor’s unfolding efforts to move from a social position at the periphery of a field, to a social position at the centre of a field, may present them with opportunities to influence field level change. In doing so we employ Bourdieu’s (1977) Theory of Practice, and unexplored notion of “position taking” (Bourdieu, 1993). We argue that an actor’s tactics to shape change, and position-taking to enhance social position, should be considered in conjunction with one-another, and that position-taking strategies may be viewed as a core component of the work undertaken by social actors in trying to influence field-level change. Further, we suggest that tensions between an agent’s accumulated capital and the social position typically afforded to their role in the field, may lead to efforts to “take” or “create” new positions, providing opportunities to influence the developing institution, with symbolic capital playing a pivotal role.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | N Fine Arts > NA Architecture S Agriculture > SB Plant culture |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Brown, Lancelot, 1716-1783, Landscape architects -- Great Britain -- 18th centruy | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Human Relations | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0018-7267 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 1 March 2020 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 73 | ||||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 351-377 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1177/0018726719828436 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | Posted ahead of print. Andrew Wild, Andy Lockett and Graeme Currie, Position taking and field level change: Capability Brown and the changing British landscape. Human Relations. (In Press). Copyright © [2018] (SAGE Publications). Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726719828436 | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 30 November 2018 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 30 November 2018 | ||||||||
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