{"product_id":"the-privileged-few-paperback","title":"The Privileged Few - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClive Hamilton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMyra Hamilton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMale and white privilege are on the decline, yet elite privilege has gone from strength to strength. The privileges enjoyed by the rich and powerful are not only unfair but cause widespread harm, from the everyday slights and humiliations visited on those lower down the scale to the distortions in the labour market when elites use their networks to secure plum jobs, not least in new domains such as professional sports.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this book, Clive Hamilton and Myra Hamilton show that elite privilege is not a mere by-product of wealth but an organising principle for society as a whole. They explore the practices and processes that sustain, legitimise and reproduce elite privilege and show how we are all implicated in the system, both facilitating it and tolerating its harmful effects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuilding on their original fieldwork and a wide range of other sources, the authors paint a vivid picture of the micropolitics of elite privilege, highlighting in particular the vital role played by exclusive private schools. Ranging across topics as diverse as 'glamour suburbs', philanthropy, Rhodes scholarships and super-yachts, \u003ci\u003eThe Privileged Few\u003c\/i\u003e delves beneath attempts at concealment to expose how the elites keep getting away with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClive Hamilton\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Public Ethics at Charles Sturt University in Canberra. He was the founder and executive director of The Australia Institute, Australia's foremost progressive think tank. He has held various visiting academic positions, including at the University of Oxford, Sciences Po and Yale University. His many books include \u003ci\u003eRequiem for a Species: Why we resist the truth about climate change\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDefiant Earth: The fate of humans in the Anthropocene\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHidden Hand: How the Chinese Communist Party is reshaping the world \u003c\/i\u003e(with Mareike Ohlberg). His opinions have been published in \u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMyra Hamilton\u003c\/b\u003e is an Associate Professor in Work and Organisational Studies at the University of Sydney Business School. She is a sociologist and social policy scholar with a focus on inequalities arising from gender, age and social disadvantage. A principal concern of her work is inequalities in the sphere of work. Her research explores how public and workplace policies can build equity and wellbeing over the life course.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 30, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42152744484999,"sku":"9781509559718","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/034d91d894fd178fe19e3b6cc7fbb3b8.webp?v=1733216339","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-privileged-few-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}