Established and the Outsiders A Sociological Enquiry into Community Problems

This new edition of this classic text from one of the major figures of world sociology includes an introduction published in English for the first time. In Norbert Elias's hands, a local community study of tense relations between an established group and outsiders becomes a microcosm that illuminates a wide range of sociological configurations including racial, ethnic, class and gender relations. The Established and the Outsiders examines the mechanisms of stigmatization, taboo and gossip, monopolization of power, collective fantasy and 'we' and 'they' images which support and reinforce divisions in society. Developing aspects of Elias's thinking that relate his work to current sociological concerns, it presents theElias, Norbert is the author of 'Established and the Outsiders A Sociological Enquiry into Community Problems', published 1994 under ISBN 9780803984707 and ISBN 0803984707.