The Neoliberal Monarch
Sweden’S Corporate King
Seiten
2026
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
9781526192806 (ISBN)
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
9781526192806 (ISBN)
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In this well-researched and thought-provoking book on the world’s longest reigning monarch today, Sweden’s Carl XVI Gustaf, sociologist Mikael Holmqvist examines how monarchies and royals exercise corporate power, and how they contribute to consecrating and legitimizing neoliberalism. -- .
In this well-researched and thought-provoking book, sociologist Mikael Holmqvist, an expert on elites, business, and power, offers a convincing argument for why we need to take royals seriously. Through his many speeches, media interviews and public appearances the king consecrates such corporate ideals as entrepreneurship, individual responsibility, positive thinking, healthy lifestyle, productivity, and self-management, thus contributing to legitimizing neoliberalism in society at large. By awarding them prestigious royal medals, inviting them to lavish state dinners, and offering them exclusive networking with other elites, the king also promotes the standing and status of neoliberalism’s architects and leaders: the corporate and financial elites. This is an essential read for anyone who wants to understand the power of monarchies and royals in contemporary market society. -- .
In this well-researched and thought-provoking book, sociologist Mikael Holmqvist, an expert on elites, business, and power, offers a convincing argument for why we need to take royals seriously. Through his many speeches, media interviews and public appearances the king consecrates such corporate ideals as entrepreneurship, individual responsibility, positive thinking, healthy lifestyle, productivity, and self-management, thus contributing to legitimizing neoliberalism in society at large. By awarding them prestigious royal medals, inviting them to lavish state dinners, and offering them exclusive networking with other elites, the king also promotes the standing and status of neoliberalism’s architects and leaders: the corporate and financial elites. This is an essential read for anyone who wants to understand the power of monarchies and royals in contemporary market society. -- .
Mikael Holmqvist is Associate Professor of Sociology and Professor of Business Studies at Stockholm University. -- .
Preface
Introduction
1: The image-making of a neoliberal monarch
2: Creating a neoliberal monarch
3: Talking leadership
4. Promoting leadership
5. Embodying leadership
6: Educating and socializing “future leaders”
7. The king and the business and corporate elites
8. The king and the cultural and academic elites
Conclusions
Literature -- .
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 7.7.2026 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 11 images and 13 graphs |
| Verlagsort | Manchester |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781526192806 / 9781526192806 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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