Educational Upward Mobility - Practices of Social Changes

Zusatztext "Educational Upward Mobility by Antonia Kupfer is a thought provoking monograph of international comparative research. ? Kupfer's scholarship examines the structural dimensions which inform how working-class people become aspirational. ? essential reading for scholars interested in social mobility and the formation of aspirations." (Garth Stahl! British Journal of Educational Studies! Vol. 65 (1)! 2017) Informationen zum Autor Antonia Kupfer is Professor of Macrosociology at the Technical University Dresden, Germany. Klappentext What enables the few working-class people who enter higher education to achieve against the odds? This book offers answers by comparing social contexts, educational institutions and policies in Austria and England to demonstrate a surprising number of similarities behind those who succeed using Bourdieu's concept of habitus. Zusammenfassung What enables the few working-class people who enter higher education to achieve against the odds? This book offers answers by comparing social contexts! educational institutions and policies in Austria and England to demonstrate a surprising number of similarities behind those who succeed using Bourdieu's concept of habitus. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments List of Tables Introduction 1. Research Literature on Educational Upward Mobility 2. Theoretical Perspective 3. Study Methodology 4. Social Contexts Enabling Educational Upward Mobility 5. Summary and Conclusions Bibliography

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Acknowledgments List of Tables Introduction 1. Research Literature on Educational Upward Mobility 2. Theoretical Perspective 3. Study Methodology 4. Social Contexts Enabling Educational Upward Mobility 5. Summary and Conclusions Bibliography

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"Educational Upward Mobility by Antonia Kupfer is a thought provoking monograph of international comparative research. ... Kupfer's scholarship examines the structural dimensions which inform how working-class people become aspirational. ... essential reading for scholars interested in social mobility and the formation of aspirations." (Garth Stahl, British Journal of Educational Studies, Vol. 65 (1), 2017)

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• Authors: A. Kupfer, Antonia Kupfer
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.04.2015
• EAN: 9781137355300
• ISBN: 978-1-137-35530-0
• No. of pages: 193
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; B, Educational Policy, Sociology of Education, Sociology, Social Inequality, Social & ethical issues, Administration, Organization and Leadership, Organization and Leadership, Social Structure, Social Inequality, higher education, Educational strategies & policy, Social Structure, Social research & statistics, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Educational Policy and Politics, Education and state, Educational sociology, School management and organization, Educational administration & organization, School administration, Education and sociology, Palgrave Education Collection