Discreet Power - How the World Economic Forum Shapes Market Agendas

Zusatztext "This is an outstanding exemplar of a very difficult genre in the craft of ethnography: working within the highest reaches of elite organization. The challenge lies less in limited access than in not reinforcing our deep-seated stereotypes of what goes on in such groups. This work is distinguished by its observational quality and derived expression of the stakes and issues at hand." Informationen zum Autor Christina Garsten is Professor of Social Anthropology at Stockholm University. She is the author of Workplace Vagabonds (2008). Adrienne Sörbom is Associate Professor of Sociology at Stockholm University. Klappentext Christina Garsten is Professor of Social Anthropology at Stockholm University. She is the author of Workplace Vagabonds (2008). Adrienne S¿rbom is Associate Professor of Sociology at Stockholm University. Zusammenfassung In Discreet Power ! Christina Garsten and Adrienne Sörbom undertake an ethnographic study of the World Economic Forum (WEF). Accessing one of the primary agenda-setting organizations of our day! they draw on interviews and participant observation to examine how the WEF wields its influence. They situate the WEF within an emerging system of "discretionary governance!" in which actors craft ideas and entice formal authorities and top leaders in order to garner significant sway. Yet in spite of its image as a powerful! exclusive brain trust! the WEF has no formal mandate to implement its positions. It must convince others to advance chosen causes and enact suggestions! rendering its position quite fragile. Garsten and Sörbom argue that the WEF must be viewed relationally as a brokering organization that lives between the market and political spheres and that extends its reach through associated individuals and groups.They place the WEF in the context of a broader shift! arguing that while this type of governance opens up novel ways of dealing with urgent global problems! it challenges core democratic values. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Disentangling Discretionary Governance 2. Liquid Mandate 3. Setting Precedence 4. The Status Machinery 5. Mobilizing for the Future 6. Political Sway Conclusion: A New Narrative for Future Globalization? ...

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• Authors: Christina Garsten, Christina Soerbom Garsten, Christina Sorbom Garsten, Adrienne Soerbom, Adrienne Sorbom, Adrienne Sörbom
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.07.2018
• EAN: 9781503606043
• ISBN: 978-1-5036-0604-3
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 230 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Emerging Frontiers in the Global Economy
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education