1st Edition
Elite Business Schools Education and Consecration in Neoliberal Society
1. Education and Consecration of Neoliberal Elites: Introduction 2. Business, Economics, and the Nobel Prize: History and Legacy 3. Admission: Privilege, Values and Practices 4. Consecration, Business Skills and Leadership: The Student Union 5. Teaching Business: The Invisible Hand in Class 6. Affinity: Pedagogics for a Future Elite 7. Academic Freedom and the Business Community 8. Business School Faculty and Neoliberal Thinking 9. Lifelong Social Relationships and Networks: Business School Alumni 10. Elitism and Masculinity: Business Schools and Elite Employers 11. Business Schools and the Consecration of Elites: Conclusions
Biography
Mikael Holmqvist is Associate Professor in Sociology and Professor in Business Administration in the Stockholm Business School at Stockholm University, Sweden.
"Mikael Holmqvist has followed up his fascinating ethnography of Djursholm, a residential community where many of Sweden’s economic elite live, with another in-depth study – this time focusing on the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE). Holmqvist examines the critical role of this higher education institution in moulding Sweden’s future business and financial leaders, illustrating in detail the various mechanisms at work in inculcating a particular set of aesthetic, moral and social norms. The book follows the students’ journey from admission, into the student union, the classroom, the curricula content they have access to, the expectations Faculty members have to work within, and finally the long-term associations formed through strong alumni networks. Holmqvist’s final analysis is persuasive and devastating at the same time: that SSE is a servant of power, legitimising business and capitalism through academic consecration."
Claire Maxwell Professor of Sociology, University of Copenhagen.
