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Author Holmqvist, Mikael, 1970- author.

Title Leader communities : the consecration of elites in Djursholm / Mikael Holmqvist.

Publication Info. New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 274 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates)
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents A shining city: the emphasis on aesthetics -- A privileged world: economic power and wealth -- Significant people and winners -- Sporty teenagers, winsome pensioners -- Fragrant, sociable personages -- Community and social partition -- Family life -- A lifestyle under threat -- Service staff -- Becoming an elite -- Judgement and fear of failure -- Tactics for success -- The rise of the "consecracy."
Summary Leader Communities is a study of Stockholm's suburb Djursholm and other similar places: privileged communities where elites choose to live, socialize with other elites, and raise their children into future elites. Mikael Holmqvist provides unparalleled insight into today's power elite and the social and political consequences of their aspirations.
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Subject Djursholm (Sweden) -- Social conditions.
Djursholm (Sweden) -- Intellectual life.
Leadership -- Sweden -- Djursholm.
Leadership.
Sweden.
Elite (Social sciences) -- Sweden -- Djursholm.
Elite (Social sciences)
Communities -- Sweden -- Djursholm.
Communities.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Title Djursholm. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2017035361
Other Form: Print version: Holmqvist, Mikael, 1970- Leader communities. New York : Columbia University Press, [2017] 9780231184267 (DLC) 2017006008
ISBN 9780231545396 (electronic book)
0231545398 (electronic book)
9780231184267 (hardcover alkaline paper)
0231184271 (paperback)
9780231184274 (paperback)
0231184263 (hardcover alkaline paper)