Hårda dörrar : Om dörrvakters selektering av gäster på krogen

Sammanfattning: The purpose of this study was to examine in depth and analyze how and on what basis selection of guests managed by doormen primarily in an exclusive bistro in Stockholm. Qualitative methods in the form of personal interviews with door staff and participant observations were made. Interviews with doormen who work at two other similar places have also been carried out in order to find the differences and similarities in the selection process. To connect the results in a scientific way, we have mainly used Pierre Bourdieu's theories of capital forms and the field, and Göran Ahrne and Apostolis Papakostas organization theories. Previous research related to the phenomenon of selection in one way or another, along with the overarching theories, are used to answer the questions and purpose of this study. The study has concluded that membership, social networks, appearance and material assets are critical to be included in bistros that happens to have implicit rules and criteria. It has been found that these mechanisms can be translated in to sociological terms as social capital, cultural capital and doxa (norms). It would also show that the doormen in this study consider the individual’s class membership to be a more important attribute rather than ethnicity in the selection process.