Seminar 1
Theorising elites: Political economy, Bourdieusian and performative accounts
Friday 24th April 2009, University of Manchester
At this first seminar one of the key issues is to evaluate old and new approaches to understanding the formation, identity and significance of elites in contemporary capitalism.
Provisional Programme
9am - Registration and coffee
9.30 – 10.30
Martijn Konings (University of Amsterdam), Rethinking Neoliberalism and the Subprime Crisis: Beyond the Re-regulation Agenda
10.30-11.00 - Coffee
11.00 – 12.00
Gerald Davis, (University of Michigan) - Corporate Elites and States After Financialization
12.00-12.30 - Discussion
12.30-1.30 - Lunch
1.30-3.15
Mairi McLean (University of Western England), Reflexivity among the British Business Elite
David Lane (University of Cambridge), Study of Elites in the Process of Economic and Political Transformation from State Socialism.
Julie Froud, Andy Miles, Mike Savage & Karel Williams (CRESC, University of Manchester), Elites: Listing, Performativity and Power
3.15-3.30 - Tea
3.30-4.30 - Discussion & taking things forward
Venue
The seminar will take place in the Boardroom. 2nd Floor, Arthur Lewis Building, University of Manchester. Location 36 on the campus map at: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/visitors/travel/maps/az/
Registration
This seminar is free of charge but we do urge people to register to secure a place. Please complete the Registration Form and send this to the CRESC office.