Main group 1

Historical perspectives on power, elites and elite education

• Charle, Christophe, Elite Formation in Late Nineteenth Century: France Compared to Britain and Germany, Part of: Historical social research: Historische Sozialforschung., vol. 33, no. 2 (124), 2008, p. 249–261Compulsory*
• Elias, Norbert, The civilizing process.: Vol. 2 State formation and civilization, Oxford, Blackwell, 1982Compulsory* (pp 183–436)

Theories and studies on power and elites

• Bottomore, T. B., Elites and society, 2nd ed., London, Routledge, 1993Compulsory*
• Hoffman-Lange, Ursula, Vertical and Horizontal Accountability of Global Elites: Some Theoretical Reflections and a Preliminary Research Agenda, Part of: Historical social research: Historische Sozialforschung., vol. 37, no. 1 (139), 2012, p. 193–208Compulsory*
• Kahn, Shanus Rahman, The Sociology of Elites, Part of: Annual review of sociology, vol. 38, 2012, p. 361–377Compulsory*
• Ljunggren, Joern, Elitist Egalitarianism: Negotiating Culture in the Norwegian Cultural Elite, Part of: Sociology., 2015Compulsory*
• Savage, Michael; Williams, Karel, Remembering elites, Malden, MA, Blackwell Pub., 2008Compulsory*

Studies of Elite Educations

• Cookson, Peter W.; Persell, Caroline H., English and American Residential Schools: A Comparative Study of the Reproduction of Social Elites, Part of: Comparative education review., vol. 29, no. 3, 1985, p. 283–298Compulsory*
• Khan, Shamus Rahman, Privilege: the making of an adolescent elite at St. Paul's School, 2011Compulsory*
• Weenink, Don, "Cosmopolitanism as a Form of Capital: Parents Preparing their children for a Globalizing World": Sociology 2008; pp. 1089-1106Compulsory*
• Yea, Rebecca; Nylander, Erik, The Transnational Track: State Sponsorship and Singapore's Oxbridge Elite, Part of: British journal of sociology of education., vol. 36, no. 1, 2015, p. 11–33Compulsory*
• Hartmann, Michael, National Education Systems and Elite Recruitment, Part of: The sociology of elites, London, Routledge, 2007, p. 61–87Compulsory*

* Compulsory