Introduction: The movement of the few / by Thomas Birtchnell and Javier Caletrío -- Elsewhere : tracking the mobile lives of globals / by Anthony Elliott -- Wealth segmentation and the mobilities of the super-rich : a conceptual framework / by Jonathan V. Beaverstock and James R. Faulconbridge -- Elite formation in the third industrial revolution / by Thomas Birtchnell, Gil Viry and John Urry -- Aeromobile elites : private business aviation and the global economy / by Lucy Budd -- Super-rich lifestyles / by Mike Featherstone -- The ease of mobility / by Shamus Rahman Khan -- The uneven pragmatics of affordable luxury tourism in inland Yucatán (México) / by Matilde Córdoba Azcárate, Ana García Silberman and Juan Córdoba Ordóñez -- Visible-invisible : the social semiotics of labour in luxury tourism / by Crispin Thurlow and Adam Jaworski -- This is not me : conspicuous consumption and the travel aspirations of the European middle classes / by Javier Caletrío -- Tracing the super rich and their mobilities in a Scandinavian welfare state / by Malene Freudendal-Pedersen -- The super-rich and offshore worlds / by John Urry -- Epilogue: The bodies, spaces and tempo of elite formations / by Mimi Sheller -- Postscript: Elite mobilities and critique / by Andrew Sayer.
Summary:
Small in number but great in influence, mobile elites have shaped the contours of global capitalism. Today these elites continue to flourish globally but in a changing landscape. The current economic crisis' and rising concerns about the moral legitimacy of extreme wealth' coincides with stern warnings over the risks posed by climate change and the unsustainable use of resources. Often an out-of-bounds topic in critical social science, elites are thought of as too inaccessible a group to interview and too variable a minority to ...
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