The elitism dispositif: hierarchization, discourses of excellence and organizational change in European economics

Higher Education

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 909-927

  Maesse, Jens ^a  

^a Philippsring 29   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discourse studies; Economic expert discourse; Economic sociology; Elite studies; Sociology of economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991619049     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: 1573174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-016-0019-7     Document Type: Article

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