Le genre du capital

Bessière, Céline; Gollac, Sibylle

doi:10.3917/dec.bessi.2020.01

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“…Third, an unprecedented surge in the labor income of the top brackets (especially in the United States and in the United Kingdom), generating a group of what sociologist Olivier Godechot (2016) has termed “working rich,” benefiting from very favorable conditions of value appropriation and capitalization over their lifetime. Assets are transferred intergenerationally, thanks to advantageous tax legislations although, as Céline Bessière and Sibylle Gollac (2020) recently demonstrated in the case of France, family wealth advisors and entrenched legal practices strongly favor sons, who more frequently inherit large “structuring goods,” while female heirs often obtain monetary compensations through unfavorable deals that hinder accumulation or subsequent capital valorization (see also Herlin‐Giret, 2019).…”

Section: The Global Rise Of the “Super‐rich”mentioning

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“…Such (mis)appropriation most often operates with little remorse because, in many countries where neoliberal references have been mainstreamed, high individual wealth is strongly correlated with personal beliefs in one's own deservingness (Hecht et al., 2020) and values that delegitimize fiscal redistribution and more generally solidarity toward the poor (Fisman et al., 2015; Paugam et al., 2017). Moreover, those international circuits and tax havens may be used by wealthy husbands to dissimulate part of their assets from their spouses, whether with the purpose of ensuring the livelihood of a hidden partner, asserting shadow control of inheritable funds, or keeping major chunks of their fortune out of reach and out of view of judges (and of their wife's lawyers) in case of divorce (Bessière & Gollac, 2020).…”

Section: International and Geo‐social Class Strategiesmentioning

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Is there a global super‐bourgeoisie?

Cousin

Chauvin

2021

Sociology Compass

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In recent decades, accelerating processes of globalization and an increase in economic inequality in most of the world's countries have raised the question of the emergence of a new bourgeoisie integrated at the global level, sometimes described as a global super‐bourgeoisie. This group would be distinguished by its unequaled level of wealth and global interconnectedness, its transnational ubiquity and concentration in the planet's major global cities, its specific culture, consumption habits, sites of sociability and shared references, and even by class consciousness and capacity to act collectively. This article successively discusses how the social sciences have examined these various dimensions of the question and begun to provide systematic empirical answers.

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Is there a global super‐bourgeoisie?

Cousin

Chauvin

2021

Sociology Compass

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“…Despite the implications of conjugal testamentary practices and their potentially changing dynamics, little research has explored them or the likelihood of partner inclusion as an heir. Only a few studies have addressed that topic using qualitative data or small samples of probate records (Baker & Gilding, 2011; Bessière & Gollac, 2020; Finch & Mason, 2000; Monk, 2016; Westwood, 2015), with most research instead focusing on intergenerational transfers. Importantly, the few works on conjugal wealth flows provide almost no insight for unmarried groups.…”

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Conjugal testamentary practices in Canada: The gendered effect of children from other unions

Pugliese

Belleau

Biron‐Boileau

2022

J of Marriage and Family

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Objective This article explores the conjugal testamentary practices of married and cohabiting people aged 25–50 depending on having children from other unions, shared children, and gender. Background After the death of a partner, inheriting may reduce adverse financial consequences for the surviving spouse. However, the deceased's will defines whether or not the spouse inherits. Moreover, unmarried people may be less likely than the married to include their partner as one of their heirs, and parents (especially mothers) of children from previous unions may hesitate to bequeath to their current partner. Yet, conjugal testamentary practices remain understudied. Method Using data from Québec, Canada (N = 3052) and controlling for socio‐demographic factors, multinomial models explore the will status of cohabiting and married people and the position of partners as heirs depending on children situation and gender. Results Although most married people count their current partner as one of their heirs, only a minority of cohabitors do so. Also, cohabiting people with children from previous unions are less likely than those without to make their current partner an heir, especially if the couple has no shared children. In contrast, married women with children from previous unions are as likely as those without to include their spouse among their heirs, and married men are more likely to do so if they have children from a different union. Conclusion Results support the hypotheses of a matrilineal tilt in wealth transmissions as stepfamilies diffuse and of a “swapping families” effect of remarriage for men.

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Understanding Finance Through Convention Theory

Tadjeddine

2022

Handbook of Economics and Sociology of Conventions

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Le genre du capital

Cited by 78 publications

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Is there a global super‐bourgeoisie?

Is there a global super‐bourgeoisie?

Conjugal testamentary practices in Canada: The gendered effect of children from other unions

Understanding Finance Through Convention Theory

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