This thesis is a critical history of managerial and professional men in post-Second World War Australia. The attention that I have given managerial and professional men has been determined by my own political desire to problematise the continued accomplishment of hegemony. As subjects, these men and their discursive practices enable scrutiny of the regenerative labour necessary to sustain power and necessary to realise the material results that accrue to those performing such work. My thesis examines the practices of particular groups of managerial and professional men within four discrete social settings or terrain during the post-war period. I interrogate the operations of managerial and professional men in personnel management (the terrain of work), in market research (the terrain of the market), in parenting and marriage guidance (the terrain of the family) and in the service club Rotary (the terrain of the civic). In each of these terrains I find managerial and professional men framing problems and enacting solutions. A process or intervention that makes natural the connections of interest (of advantage or disadvantage) being constantly recreated; an intervention that expresses a comfort with the mechanics and entailments of hegemony. To enable my critical history I apply, in each terrain, a framework comprising three core elements. I historicize the accomplishment of hegemony; testing the emergence of government and positive expressions of power during post-war modernisation in the local contexts of managerial and professional men�s interventions. I people hegemony; identifying the practices of managerial and professional men as resources for doing social relations (in particular the relations of gender and class) and crucial to the operation of hegemony. And, thirdly, I demonstrate the interventions of these men to be interested; unravelling the possessive investments managerial and professional men make through their interventions. My scrutiny of managerial and profession men and their practices, my choice of terrains in which to study them, my analysis of the process enacted in these terrain and the sources that I have utilised are not intended to assemble a biography of men�s experiences or ideal masculinities. Rather, my thesis provides a biography of interventions in order to disassemble that which appears not to be anything in particular: the ordinary regeneration of hegemony by ordinary men doing ordinary things.

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This thesis is a critical history of managerial and professional men in post-Second World War Australia. The attention that I have given managerial and professional men has been determined by my own political desire to problematise the continued accomplishment of hegemony. As subjects, these men and their discursive practices enable scrutiny of the regenerative labour necessary to sustain power and necessary to realise the material results that accrue to those performing such work. My thesis examines the practices of particular groups of managerial and professional men within four discrete social settings or terrain during the post-war period. I interrogate the operations of managerial and professional men in personnel management (the terrain of work), in market research (the terrain of the market), in parenting and marriage guidance (the terrain of the family) and in the service club Rotary (the terrain of the civic). In each of these terrains I find managerial and professional men framing problems and enacting solutions. A process or intervention that makes natural the connections of interest (of advantage or disadvantage) being constantly recreated; an intervention that expresses a comfort with the mechanics and entailments of hegemony. To enable my critical history I apply, in each terrain, a framework comprising three core elements. I historicize the accomplishment of hegemony; testing the emergence of government and positive expressions of power during post-war modernisation in the local contexts of managerial and professional men�s interventions. I people hegemony; identifying the practices of managerial and professional men as resources for doing social relations (in particular the relations of gender and class) and crucial to the operation of hegemony. And, thirdly, I demonstrate the interventions of these men to be interested; unravelling the possessive investments managerial and professional men make through their interventions. My scrutiny of managerial and profession men and their practices, my choice of terrains in which to study them, my analysis of the process enacted in these terrain and the sources that I have utilised are not intended to assemble a biography of men�s experiences or ideal masculinities. Rather, my thesis provides a biography of interventions in order to disassemble that which appears not to be anything in particular: the ordinary regeneration of hegemony by ordinary men doing ordinary things.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T16:44:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Helen de Montille Ferreira.pdf: 3880375 bytes, checksum: 5e00b4027d62f1629c7a7f3517903bce (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-10-13 / A service club is a voluntary association of individuals, professionals with a common goal. It is an area of civic and political socialization where its members implement citizenship. Rotary International is one of the largest service club in the world with 105 years of existence. It has been conducted a quantitative and qualitative research to verify the characteristics of a service club of Rotary International, Rotary Club São Paulo Avenida Paulista, which develops social projects in various areas relevant to society. It is presented the socio-economic relations of the associates and relationships that they lay in the formulation and implementation of social projects. The analysis of network and social capital is the pillar of support of the members for the existence of social relevance. It discusses the importance of partnerships in the implementation of projects. The donation system, that permeates the club, brings an understanding for the commitment of the volunteers involved. Through network analysis it has been verified the internal and external relationships of the club, as well as the movement of capital by reciprocity and the motivations of volunteers. The research has revealed that the associate profile is a well established businessman, interested in using their profession to improve the quality of life of society. The internal network between members, reveals a leadership based on knowledge. The leadership does not follow the hierarchical structure of the club. The national and international network has proved to be small without large amounts of bonds. There are subgroups where the members participate in several at once. Social capital highlights the cooperation and trust between members of the international organization. The associates use the individual networks to implement the projects. There is a retribution of volunteer work performed, proving the theory of giving supports and motivates members / Um clube de serviço é uma associação voluntária de pessoas, profissionais, com um objetivo comum. É um espaço de socialização política e cívica onde seus associados implementam a cidadania. O Rotary Internacional é um dos maiores clubes de serviços no mundo, com 105 anos de existência. Foi feita uma pesquisa quantitativa e qualitativa para verificar as características de um clube de serviço do Rotary Internacional, o Rotary Club São Paulo Avenida Paulista, que elabora projetos sociais relevantes em diversas áreas para a sociedade. É apresentado o perfil sócio-econômico dos associados e as relações que eles estabelecem na formulação e execução dos projetos sociais. A análise da rede e do capital social constitui o pilar de sustentação dos associados para existência de projetos sociais de relevância. Discute-se a importância das parcerias na execução dos projetos. O sistema de dádiva que permeia o clube traz um entendimento sobre o comprometimento dos associados voluntários. Mediante a análise da rede, verificaram-se os relacionamentos internos e externos do clube, assim como a circulação do capital social pela reciprocidade e pelas motivações dos voluntários. A pesquisa revelou que o perfil do associado é o de um empresário já bem estabelecido, interessado em realizar por meio de sua profissão a melhoria de qualidade de vida da sociedade. A rede interna entre os associados revela uma liderança baseada no conhecimento e não na estrutura hierárquica do clube. A rede nacional e internacional revelou-se pequena, sem grande quantidade de laços. As motivações formam subgrupos nos quais os associados podem participar em vários ao mesmo tempo. O capital social evidencia a cooperação e a confiança existente entre os membros da organização internacional. Os associados se utilizam de suas redes individuais para implementar os projetos. Existe uma retribuição do trabalho voluntário efetuado, comprovando a teoria da dádiva como sustentação da motivação dos associados