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Spence, Crawford, Voulgaris, Georgios and Maclean, Mairi (2017) Politics and the professions in a time of crisis. Journal of Professions and Organization, 4 (3). pp. 261-281. doi:10.1093/jpo/jox001
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/jpo/jox001
Abstract
Class analysis has undergone a ‘cultural turn’ in recent years, driven most notably by the growing influence of the work of Pierre Bourdieu. We seek to connect this perspective with organization studies via an analysis of the political, economic, and cultural cleavages that exist within a sample of professionals, managers, and executives—summarily, the UK professional class. The results show that significant cleavages exist within the UK professional class in terms of economic and cultural capital composition and political dispositions. However, the most significant differences observable are not related to classic materialist ‘left’ and ‘right’ perspectives as recent research elsewhere suggests, but to more epiphenomenal issues such as immigration, equal rights, and the environment. In an era where the professions find themselves in crisis (Leicht 2016), the results imply that professional groups should take politics more seriously and actively articulate how professional expertise can contribute to the common good.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Accounting Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Professional employees -- Attitudes -- Great Britain -- 21st century, Social classes , Bourdieu, Pierre, 1930-2002 -- Influence | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Professions and Organization | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 2051-8811 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 1 October 2017 | ||||||||
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| Date of first compliant deposit: | 6 January 2017 | ||||||||
| Volume: | 4 | ||||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 261-281 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1093/jpo/jox001 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
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