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Now Published: Elites on Trial

Dear colleagues,

I'm delighted to inform you that 'Elites on Trial', the latest volume in Research in the Sociology of Organizations, has just published.

Series: Research in the Sociology of Organizations. Volume 43

Editors: Glenn Morgan, Paul Hirsch and Sigrid Quack

Publication date: 2 February 2015

ISBN: 9781784416805

In 2008, the world entered a new period of turmoil. Financial markets collapsed, banks and other financial institutions went in to crisis; credit dried up, consumption reduced and firms started to cut back and reduce investment in the light of uncertainty. Unemployment increased and welfare payments increased. States that borrowed to save their banks and to maintain their spending found the financial markets and the international institutions condemning their profligacy and urging austerity policies.

This book is concerned with what happens when elites are challenged by such a crisis; in our terms, elites are 'on trial' firstly for their role in the past and shaping the context for the crisis, secondly in terms of how they responded to the crisis and finally in terms of what role they are playing in the aftermath. Can they reestablish their legitimacy or will they fail this trial and find themselves replaced by other groups with different objectives? This collection draws together a variety of studies and approaches to these issues from a group of international authors which helps us understand 'elites on trial' in the contemporary period.

Recommended articles

Elites, Varieties of Capitalism and the Crisis of Neo-Liberalism

Glenn Morgan

Fighting the Financial Crisis: The Social Construction and Deconstruction of the Financial Crisis in Denmark

Peer Hull Kristensen

View the full table of contents

Coming Soon:

Volume 44 of Research in the Sociology of Organizations is due to publish this April.

Volume 44: Institutions and Ideals: Philip Selznick's Legacy for Organizational Studies

Editor: Matthew S. Kraatz

Publication date: 17th April 2015

ISBN: 9781784417260

Philip Selznick is a towering figure in the history of organizational studies. Each of the papers in this volume revisits Selznick's early work, rearticulates some part of his larger perspective, and says something about its originality and historical significance. They also apply Selznick's perspective to new problems and explain why it still "matters" in the here and now. Though Selznick's work is an important part of our shared past as organizational scholars, it's also highly relevant to our collective present and our possible future. These chapters provide some indication of what that future could look like.

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Kind regards,

Zoe

Zoe Sanders

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zsanders@emeraldinsight.com