Sam Friedman
@samfriedmansoc
Prof @lsesociology and Co-Editor @BJSociology | Books: The Class Ceiling (2019) + Born to Rule: The Making and Remaking of the British Elite (out September 24)
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https://www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/people/sam-friedman 07-10-2013 09:59:15
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A small number of schools and universities have unique "propulsive power" in the British elite. Sam Friedman & @AaronSReeves present the statistics behind this in their "timely and important book". Read Australian Book Review on Born to Rule: australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/cur…
Please join Aaron Reeves and I for the launch of Born to Rule on 3rd of Oct at 6.30pm at LSE. Great lineup of speakers, inc Faiza Shaheen Lauren Rivera Hashi Mohamed Free + open to all so please spread the word. We can even offer a glass of wine at the end! lse.ac.uk/Events/2024/10…
"Deflecting privilege is 1 part of a wider strategy we detected among today’s elite to present themselves as ordinary, regular, & unspectacular." Born to Rule authors,Sam Friedman & @AaronSReeves, on who's really in the new elite for Sam Freedman's Substack: samf.substack.com/p/common-people
Britain’s elites are swapping pastimes such as hunting and the opera for grittier hobbies such as football and beer. Or at least they pretend they are in public, as @AaronSReeves & Sam Friedman explain in Born to Rule. Read more in The Irish Times: irishtimes.com/world/uk/2024/…
Save the date! Professors Sam Friedman and Aaron Reeves will be launching their book "Born to Rule" where they will provide a uniquely data-rich analysis of the British elite from the Victorian era to today. 📅 Thursday 3 Oct 🕰️ 6.30-8pm buff.ly/3Td62yW..
What a glorious opening: Nicholas Harris reviews Born to Rule by Sam Friedman and @AaronSReeves Full review here newstatesman.com/culture/books/…
‘The modern elite doesn’t exhibit itself with old boys’ ties, let alone horse and carriage. It Ubers about London open-necked, free from political identification or scrutiny.’ My review of Sam Friedman & Aaron Reeves’s excellent new book: newstatesman.com/culture/books/…
There has been a significant shift in the interests of the British elite. On BBC Radio 4's Thinking Allowed, co-author of Born to Rule, Aaron Reeves, explains how the elite will often publicly perform ordinariness but privately retain highbrow interests. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
“An alumnus of one of the nine most established Clarendon public schools is 52 times more likely to enter the elite than an average citizen.” 📖 Book of the Day: Nicholas Harris newstatesman.com/culture/books/…
Thoughtful and generous review of Born to Rule by Nicholas Harris in The New Statesman
Desde El Grand Continent recomiendan ensayos para este otoño. Me quedo con lo de Panebianco y el "Born to rule" de Aaron Reeves y Sam Friedman legrandcontinent.eu/es/2024/09/03/…
70% of Rishi Sunak's outgoing cabinet were privately educated, compared to 17% of Keir Starmer's incoming cabinet. On BBC Radio 4's Thinking Allowed, co-author of Born to Rule, @AaronSReeves explains the impact class background has on political ideology: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
#ThinkingAllowed The British Elite - Aaron Reeves asks if those born into the top 1% are just as likely to get into the elite today as they were 125 years ago. Also, Rachel Stenhouse, on private school entry to Oxbridge. B Jl Sociology of Ed Harvard University Press International bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…