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Challenging Bureaucratic Elites, Brian Martin, Sharon Callaghan, C. Fox, R Wells, Mary Cawte
Challenging Bureaucratic Elites, Brian Martin, Sharon Callaghan, C. Fox, R Wells, Mary Cawte
Faculty of Arts - Papers (Archive)
The word 'bureaucracy' makes most people think of government -- departments of taxation, welfare, police, you name it. But actually bureaucracies are found everywhere: corporations, churches, the military, trade unions, political parties, schools, hospitals. Most people accept them as a necessary part of life, although they may complain about them. Nobody likes getting caught in bureaucratic regulations, popularly called 'red tape'.
Researching Ruling-Class Men: Biography, Autobiography, Life-History, Mike Donaldson
Researching Ruling-Class Men: Biography, Autobiography, Life-History, Mike Donaldson
Faculty of Arts - Papers (Archive)
There has been a lot of use of the concept 'hegemonic masculinity' and little discussion of its meaning. Because the problem of distance from and access to men of great wealth and power cannot be resolved through traditional interviewing and participant observation techniques, this article develops an alternative method by which the masculinity of the hegemonic might be investigated. It argues that biographies and autobiographies of ruling-class men can be seen as 'found life-histories'and that the technique of 'saturation' can be usefully applied to them.This article proposes that it is possible to undertake a sociology of ruling-class masculinity which solves …