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

Published Montreal : McGill-Queens University Press, 2016 ©2016

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 508 pages) : color illustrations 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 "Honorific rewards are all about status and illustrate status processes in a way that few other social phenomena do. Why do we have so many honorific awards and prizes? Although they are a major feature of modern societies, they have received little scholarly attention. Samuel Clark argues that answering this question requires a separate historical analysis of different awards and prizes. He presents a comprehensive explanation of the origins and evolution of state honours in the British Isles, France, and the Low Countries. Examining cultural, social, and political changes that led to the massive growth in state honours and shaped their characteristics, Distributing Status also demonstrates their functions as instruments of cultural power, collective power, disciplinary power, and status power. Clark supports his conclusions with a cross-cultural statistical analysis of twenty societies. Lucid and logical, Distributing Status explicates an important historical change in Western Europe while at the same time contributing to several bodies of sociological literature, including evolutionary theory, theories of collective action, writings on discipline in modern societies, and studies of status processes."-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Samuel Clark is professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Western Ontario Print version record Subject Awards -- Social aspects -- Europe, Western -- History Decorations of honor -- Social aspects -- Europe, Western -- History Medals -- Social aspects -- Europe, Western -- History Social status -- Europe, Western -- History Social classes -- Europe, Western -- History Awards -- Europe, Western -- History Decorations of honor -- Europe, Western -- History Medals -- Europe, Western -- History REFERENCE -- Genealogy & Heraldry. HISTORY -- Europe -- General. Awards Decorations of honor Medals Social classes Social status SUBJECT Europe, Western -- Social conditions Subject Western Europe Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780773598560 0773598561 9780773598577 077359857X

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