Revisiting the inner circle arguments from ...
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Title :
Revisiting the inner circle arguments from a multilevel perspective on the corporate elites: The case of France
Author(s) :
Comet, Catherine [Auteur]
Centre Lillois d’Études et de Recherches Sociologiques et Économiques - UMR 8019 [CLERSÉ]

Centre Lillois d’Études et de Recherches Sociologiques et Économiques - UMR 8019 [CLERSÉ]
Conference title :
International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA) Conference
City :
Montréal
Country :
Canada
Start date of the conference :
2019
HAL domain(s) :
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Sociologie
English abstract : [en]
To identify members of the inner circle, scholars usually select the interlockers who have at least two or three directorships. Indeed, interlockers are shown to be the most likely to stand at the leading edge of business ...
Show more >To identify members of the inner circle, scholars usually select the interlockers who have at least two or three directorships. Indeed, interlockers are shown to be the most likely to stand at the leading edge of business political activity in the US and the UK (Useem 1984). But there are other indirect signs associated with inner-circle identity. Useem indicates two of them. The first sign is to have taken an active part in programs designed to introduce business-oriented curricula into the schools. The second sign, related to the inner-circle core, is to have been consulted by seniormost government officials about candidates for appointment to the major advisory bodies or top administrative positions. Drawing on these observations, I focus on the trajectories of corporate leaders who become state experts. These actors are considered as boundary spanners who succeed in getting high status at several distinct levels. Their multilevel status enables them to appear as legitimate to participate in policy making. The analysis of various major advisory bodies in France is used to illustrate these arguments. This abstract is related to Corporate Networks.Show less >
Show more >To identify members of the inner circle, scholars usually select the interlockers who have at least two or three directorships. Indeed, interlockers are shown to be the most likely to stand at the leading edge of business political activity in the US and the UK (Useem 1984). But there are other indirect signs associated with inner-circle identity. Useem indicates two of them. The first sign is to have taken an active part in programs designed to introduce business-oriented curricula into the schools. The second sign, related to the inner-circle core, is to have been consulted by seniormost government officials about candidates for appointment to the major advisory bodies or top administrative positions. Drawing on these observations, I focus on the trajectories of corporate leaders who become state experts. These actors are considered as boundary spanners who succeed in getting high status at several distinct levels. Their multilevel status enables them to appear as legitimate to participate in policy making. The analysis of various major advisory bodies in France is used to illustrate these arguments. This abstract is related to Corporate Networks.Show less >
Language :
Anglais
Audience :
Internationale
Popular science :
Non
Comment :
Discutant : Mark Mizruchi
Administrative institution(s) :
Université de Lille
CNRS
Univ. Littoral Côte d’Opale
CNRS
Univ. Littoral Côte d’Opale
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Research team(s) :
Ancrages et dynamiques comparés du politique
Submission date :
2020-04-30T09:33:10Z
2020-05-05T15:18:16Z
2020-05-05T15:18:16Z