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OBELIS - Observatoire des élites suisses

@obelitessuisses.bsky.social

History, Political Science, Sociology - www.unil.ch/obelis Consult OBELIS database: https://shorturl.at/AWJ4d Download OBELIS data: https://shorturl.at/VVoll OBELIS Summer school: https://shorturl.at/5pvY8

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Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung (MPIfG)@mpifg.bsky.social · last mo.

🏆 Congratulations to @bryanboyle.bsky.social and @dvandebroeck.bsky.social on their @asanews.bsky.social Distinguished Scholarly Article Award! Their paper, “The Labor of Distinction,” is based on an ethnography of the butler profession and shows how elite status is produced through service labor.

The Labor of Distinction: Butlers, Service Work, and the Production of Elite Lifestyles - Bryan Boyle, Dieter Vandebroeck, 2025

Elites appropriate labor that produces and reproduces distinct lifestyles. This article shows how the practice of this type of labor—what we term the “labor of ...

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Philipp Golka@pgolka.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Next up is @lacic.bsky.social, Felix Bühlmann, Sophie Serrano & Fabien Foureault's paper on (gendered) divisions in asset managers' "networks of interest defence". The paper finds important differences between mainstream and alternative AMs external networks & elite positions. Small teaser:

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Tobias Rieder@tobiasrieder.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Warum die deutsche Gesellschaft nicht in zwei Lager („Kosmopoliten vs. Kommunitaristen“) gespalten, aber der Eindruck auseinanderdriftender Einstellungen nicht ganz aus der Luft gegriffen ist, untersuchen Christian Schneickert & ich im @berlinerjournal.bsky.social: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Sozialer Raum, gesellschaftspolitische Lager und Polarisierung im Strukturwandel - Berliner Journal für Soziologie

The article makes a theoretical and empirical contribution to the debate on the polarization of society and politics in Germany. From the perspective of Pierre Bourdieu’s sociology and the further dev...

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Muneeb Salman@muneebsalman.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🚨OA publication with colleagues from @sspunil.bsky.social, @obelitessuisses.bsky.social summer school. We undertake a systematic review of 164 articles on elite sociology to construct a matrix of social change and outline pathways for future research. 📖 at @bjsociology.bsky.social.

Cover page for open-access article "Taking Stock: Elite Studies and Social Change" published in the British Journal of Sociology.Matrix of change presented in the article "Taking Stock: Elite Studies and Social Change" published in the British Journal of Sociology.
British Journal of Sociology@bjsociology.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This article reveals how temporal perspectives fundamentally structure our understanding of power relations and by identifying critical gaps in how we conceptualise elites' relationship to social transformation. #EarlyView in #BJS ➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Emma Ischinsky@emmaischinsky.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Meine Studie zeigt, dass die Presse nur selten über die reichsten Deutschen berichtet; wenn, dann konzentriert sich die Berichterstattung auf bekannte Persönlichkeiten und variiert je nach historischem Ursprung des Vermögens (doi.org/10.1177/00380385261428292). Erklärt hier in der @zeit.de:

DIE ZEIT@zeit.de · 3mo ago

Wer viel besitzt, bleibt gern unerkannt. Eine Studie hat den verborgenen Wohlstand in Deutschland vermessen. Und zeigt, wie Anonymität den Reichsten nützt.

Emma Ischinsky@emmaischinsky.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Das @surplusmagazin.de hat über meine Studie zur weitestgehenden Unsichtbarkeit deutscher Superreicher berichtet! Den ganzen Artikel gibt es hier: www.surplusmagazin.de/studie-reich...

Studie: Die Superkraft der Reichsten ist Unsichtbarkeit

Deutschlands Reichste werden laut einer neuen Studie kaum in den Medien erwähnt. Dieser Vorhang des Schweigens verhindert eine aufgeklärte Debatte über Ungleichheit.

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Surplus | Das Wirtschaftsmagazin@surplusmagazin.de · 3mo ago

Deutschlands Reichste werden laut einer neuen Studie kaum in den Medien erwähnt. Dieser Vorhang des Schweigens verhindert eine aufgeklärte Debatte über Ungleichheit, schreibt @maxhsr.bsky.social.

RT 42 AFS • Sociologie des élites@rt42-afselites.bsky.social · 3mo ago

[🔖#Socioelites] Michel Offerlé "Le 28 rue d’Astorg à Paris… l’autre adresse de l’influence du patronat français ?" theconversation.com/le-28-rue-da...

Le 28 rue d’Astorg à Paris… l’autre adresse de l’influence du patronat français ?

Discrète, l’Afep l’est assurément. Cela ne veut pas dire qu’elle est moins influente. Cette organisation patronale a développé une stratégie de lobbyisme.

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Shay O’Brien@shayobrien.bsky.social · 4mo ago

My latest article is online now at American Sociological Review: “Kinship Interlocks.” It’s about how some elite families manage to stay rich and powerful for many generations while others don’t. 🧵 (1/16)

Kinship Interlocks: How the Intimate Exchange of Wealth, Status, and Power Generates Upper-Class Persistence - Shay O’Brien, 2026

How do some families manage to entrench themselves in the upper class for many generations while others do not? Bringing together economic sociology, political ...

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Benoît Majerus@majben.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Invisible architects of offshore finance: The #BigFour in Luxembourg Trying to understand the place of the #Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers ( #PwC ), Ernst & Young ( #EY ), and Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler ( #KPMG ) in an offshore financial offshore www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Invisible architects of offshore finance: The Big Four in Luxembourg

This article reconstructs the historical rise of the Big Four accounting firms as central actors in Luxembourg’s offshore financial centre. Moving beyond bank- and law-centric narratives, it traces how international audit networks embedded themselves in a small national market from the 1970s onward through alliances with leading local fiduciaries, integration into the expanding investment fund industry, and participation in regulatory and consultative arenas. Drawing on interviews, professional data, and institutional records, the study shows how these firms shifted from marginal service providers to key architects of tax structuring, fund governance, and financial legislation. Their dominance in fund auditing, growing role in tax and advisory work, and organizational model reshaped professional hierarchies, including the legal sector. The Luxembourg case highlights how global professional service firms act as intermediaries between states and mobile capital, making them structural components of contemporary offshore finance rather than merely technical advisers.

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