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Distributing status : the evolution of state honours in Western Europe / Samuel Clark.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher number: 450237 | CaOOCELPublisher: Montreal : Mcgill-Queens University Press, 2016Description: 1 online resource : color illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780773598560
  • 0773598561
  • 0773546847
  • 9780773546844
  • 9780773598577
  • 077359857X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Distributing status.DDC classification:
  • 929.814 23
LOC classification:
  • AS945.E87 C53 2016
Other classification:
  • cci1icc
  • coll13
  • cci1icc.
  • coll13.
Online resources:
Contents:
Part one: Bourgeoisie, aristocracy, and cultural power. Rise of the bourgeoisie -- Persistence of the old order -- Cultural power -- Part two: State, war, and collective power. Theoretical considerations -- Conditions for collective action in medieval Europe -- Conditions for collective action in early modern and modern Europe -- Collective-action problems and the honours of states -- Part three: Social structures and disciplinary power. The middle ages -- Descipline in early modern and modern Europe -- Disciplinary functions of state honours -- Part four: Status structures and status power. Honours and existing status structures -- Status struggles -- Status consequences of state honours -- State honours in comparative perspecitve: a global analysis -- Conclusion: toward an explanation of modern state hnoours -- Epilogue: the endless spiral of honours.
Summary: How awards, decorations, and medals bestow social standing.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part one: Bourgeoisie, aristocracy, and cultural power. Rise of the bourgeoisie -- Persistence of the old order -- Cultural power -- Part two: State, war, and collective power. Theoretical considerations -- Conditions for collective action in medieval Europe -- Conditions for collective action in early modern and modern Europe -- Collective-action problems and the honours of states -- Part three: Social structures and disciplinary power. The middle ages -- Descipline in early modern and modern Europe -- Disciplinary functions of state honours -- Part four: Status structures and status power. Honours and existing status structures -- Status struggles -- Status consequences of state honours -- State honours in comparative perspecitve: a global analysis -- Conclusion: toward an explanation of modern state hnoours -- Epilogue: the endless spiral of honours.

How awards, decorations, and medals bestow social standing.

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