The Established and the Outsiders

Norbert Elias (1897-1990) Note on the text Preface to the first edition Towards a theory of established-outsider relations Considerations of procedure Neighbourhood relations in the making Overall picture of zone 1 and zone 2 The mother-centred families of zone 2 Local associations and the 'old families' network' Overall picture of zone 3 Observations on gossip Young people in Winston Parva Conclusion Further aspects of established-outsider relations: the Maycomb model Appendix I Sociological aspects of identification Appendix II A note on the concepts 'social structure' and 'anomie' Appendix III On the relationship of 'family' and 'community' Textual variants Bibliography Index.