Beschreibung:
By Diana Kendall
Members Only addresses how exclusive private clubs maintain and perpetuate class-based privilege and racial/ethnic and religious segregation, and how such patterns of social exclusion heighten social inequality. Members Only continues Kendall's study of the upper classes, which began with The Power of Good Deeds, and Framing Class.
Chapter 1 The World of Exclusive Clubs Chapter 2 Exclusion and Snobbery Take a Trip from London to America Chapter 3 How the "Chosen Few" Are Chosen Chapter 4 Membership Has Its Privileges Chapter 5 Making Connections: Clubs and Political Networks Chapter 6 Change and Resistance to Change in Membership Policies Chapter 7 Beyond the Walls: The Wider Influence of Elite Clubs