Bill Boyle
Biographic Data
| ID | 653094 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bill Boyle |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bill |
| FAMILY NAME | Boyle |
| SIGNATURE | BOYLE B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Manchester |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2911-2431 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Twenty‐First Century Butlers and the New Spirit of Service
More than 50 years ago, Lewis Coser argued that the “servant” had become obsolete, claiming that such a “premodern” occupation could not function within modernity without religious legitimations. However, with parts of the contemporary service sector exhibiting the very characteristics that Coser viewed as “premodern”—especially within services to wealthy elites—there is reason to review Coser's thesis. In this paper, I do just that through the c…
The Labor of Distinction
Elites appropriate labor that produces and reproduces distinct lifestyles. This article shows how the practice of this type of labor-what we term the "labor of distinction"-consists of four core dimensions: (1) curatorship, in the management of employers' class symbols; (2) menialism, in freeing employers from "vulgar" practices; (3) Veblenian embodiment, in signaling employers' status through bodily display; and (4) non-personship, in procuring …
Decolonizing the Curriculum
The current international decolonizing debate is floundering. Despite well intentioned optimism that the debate would lead to an interrogation of the current schooling system and deepen the taught curriculum beyond “Black history month” and the slave trade, this is not happening. “They (power structure/policy makers) don’t want you to study ancient history because they want you to study slavery and colonialism to lock down your first frequency. T…
Aesthetic labour, class and taste
Previous research has shown how the embodied performances expected from service workers make cultural class background important for entry into these forms of jobs. However, class judgement continues to impact the worker post-entry and on-the-job. We explore this through a qualitative study of 18 middle-class women working in luxury-retail stores in Amsterdam, asking how they acquire the taste of their store for aesthetic labour. This is a case w…
In my Liverpool home’
Reviewing the 22 years that have elapsed since Gifford’s 1989 report labelled Liverpool as racist, the authors focus on the fact that in a city which has had a British African Caribbean (BAC) community for over 400 years, there is minimum representation of that community in the city’s workforce. The authors investigate two major forms of employment in the city, i.e. the teaching workforce and the city’s Council workforce and one major route to em…
“Tightening the Shackles”
This article reports on the researchers’ findings 20 years after Lord Gifford’s inquiry into race relations in the city after the 1980s Toxteth riots. Gifford reported on the prevalence of racial attitudes, racial abuse, and racial violence directed against the Black citizens of Liverpool. The authors’ research focused on education and specifically the low percentage of Black teachers compared to the whole teaching workforce and the percentage Bl…
Education in a multicultural environment
The paper focuses on the auditing and accountancy paradigm that has dominated educational measurement of pupil performance for the last 20 years in England. The advocates of this minimum competency paradigm do not take account of the results of its dominance. These results include ignoring the heterogeneous complexity of groups within societies that exist now internationally and the reduction in pedagogy and curriculum experience to a ‘one-size-f…
A curriculum without foundation
Peter Tymms has written recently ( BERJ , August 2004) on the subject of measuring whether standards are rising in English and mathematics in primary schools based on pupil outcomes from national end of key stage tests. This article takes the position that the performance data debate is an interesting one but peripheral to a far bigger issue. Whether measurable (by standardised testing at ages 7 and 11) national standards in English and mathemati…
The influence of schooling on the aspirations of young people with special educational needs
The authors investigate the effect of schooling on the aspirations of young people designated as having mild learning difficulties (MLD) or emotional and behavioural difficulties (EBD) in the first large‐scale study of its kind in England. Data were collected from parents and their 15/16 year‐old children in the final year of their compulsory schooling in schools. The results indicate on average a positive effect of mainstream schooling on the as…
Aesthetic labour, class and taste
Previous research has shown how the embodied performances expected from service workers make cultural class background important for entry into these forms of jobs. However, class judgement continues to impact the worker post-entry and on-the-job. We explore this through a qualitative study of 18 middle-class women working in luxury-retail stores in Amsterdam, asking how they acquire the taste of their store for aesthetic labour. This is a case w…
A curriculum without foundation
Peter Tymms has written recently ( BERJ , August 2004) on the subject of measuring whether standards are rising in English and mathematics in primary schools based on pupil outcomes from national end of key stage tests. This article takes the position that the performance data debate is an interesting one but peripheral to a far bigger issue. Whether measurable (by standardised testing at ages 7 and 11) national standards in English and mathemati…
The Labor of Distinction
Elites appropriate labor that produces and reproduces distinct lifestyles. This article shows how the practice of this type of labor-what we term the "labor of distinction"-consists of four core dimensions: (1) curatorship, in the management of employers' class symbols; (2) menialism, in freeing employers from "vulgar" practices; (3) Veblenian embodiment, in signaling employers' status through bodily display; and (4) non-personship, in procuring …
The influence of schooling on the aspirations of young people with special educational needs
The authors investigate the effect of schooling on the aspirations of young people designated as having mild learning difficulties (MLD) or emotional and behavioural difficulties (EBD) in the first large‐scale study of its kind in England. Data were collected from parents and their 15/16 year‐old children in the final year of their compulsory schooling in schools. The results indicate on average a positive effect of mainstream schooling on the as…
Education in a multicultural environment
The paper focuses on the auditing and accountancy paradigm that has dominated educational measurement of pupil performance for the last 20 years in England. The advocates of this minimum competency paradigm do not take account of the results of its dominance. These results include ignoring the heterogeneous complexity of groups within societies that exist now internationally and the reduction in pedagogy and curriculum experience to a ‘one-size-f…
A curriculum without foundation
Peter Tymms has written recently ( BERJ , August 2004) on the subject of measuring whether standards are rising in English and mathematics in primary schools based on pupil outcomes from national end of key stage tests. This article takes the position that the performance data debate is an interesting one but peripheral to a far bigger issue. Whether measurable (by standardised testing at ages 7 and 11) national standards in English and mathemati…
The influence of schooling on the aspirations of young people with special educational needs
The authors investigate the effect of schooling on the aspirations of young people designated as having mild learning difficulties (MLD) or emotional and behavioural difficulties (EBD) in the first large‐scale study of its kind in England. Data were collected from parents and their 15/16 year‐old children in the final year of their compulsory schooling in schools. The results indicate on average a positive effect of mainstream schooling on the as…
“Tightening the Shackles”
This article reports on the researchers’ findings 20 years after Lord Gifford’s inquiry into race relations in the city after the 1980s Toxteth riots. Gifford reported on the prevalence of racial attitudes, racial abuse, and racial violence directed against the Black citizens of Liverpool. The authors’ research focused on education and specifically the low percentage of Black teachers compared to the whole teaching workforce and the percentage Bl…
Education in a multicultural environment
The paper focuses on the auditing and accountancy paradigm that has dominated educational measurement of pupil performance for the last 20 years in England. The advocates of this minimum competency paradigm do not take account of the results of its dominance. These results include ignoring the heterogeneous complexity of groups within societies that exist now internationally and the reduction in pedagogy and curriculum experience to a ‘one-size-f…
In my Liverpool home’
Reviewing the 22 years that have elapsed since Gifford’s 1989 report labelled Liverpool as racist, the authors focus on the fact that in a city which has had a British African Caribbean (BAC) community for over 400 years, there is minimum representation of that community in the city’s workforce. The authors investigate two major forms of employment in the city, i.e. the teaching workforce and the city’s Council workforce and one major route to em…
Aesthetic labour, class and taste
Previous research has shown how the embodied performances expected from service workers make cultural class background important for entry into these forms of jobs. However, class judgement continues to impact the worker post-entry and on-the-job. We explore this through a qualitative study of 18 middle-class women working in luxury-retail stores in Amsterdam, asking how they acquire the taste of their store for aesthetic labour. This is a case w…
Decolonizing the Curriculum
The current international decolonizing debate is floundering. Despite well intentioned optimism that the debate would lead to an interrogation of the current schooling system and deepen the taught curriculum beyond “Black history month” and the slave trade, this is not happening. “They (power structure/policy makers) don’t want you to study ancient history because they want you to study slavery and colonialism to lock down your first frequency. T…
The Labor of Distinction
Elites appropriate labor that produces and reproduces distinct lifestyles. This article shows how the practice of this type of labor-what we term the "labor of distinction"-consists of four core dimensions: (1) curatorship, in the management of employers' class symbols; (2) menialism, in freeing employers from "vulgar" practices; (3) Veblenian embodiment, in signaling employers' status through bodily display; and (4) non-personship, in procuring …
Twenty‐First Century Butlers and the New Spirit of Service
More than 50 years ago, Lewis Coser argued that the “servant” had become obsolete, claiming that such a “premodern” occupation could not function within modernity without religious legitimations. However, with parts of the contemporary service sector exhibiting the very characteristics that Coser viewed as “premodern”—especially within services to wealthy elites—there is reason to review Coser's thesis. In this paper, I do just that through the c…
Political science (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Curriculum (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Education Systems and Policy (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works)