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Degrees of choice : social class, race, gender and higher education / Diane Reay, Miriam E. David and Stephen Ball.
Author
Reay, Diane
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Stoke-on-Trent, UK ; Sterling, VA : Trentham, 2005.
Description
xi, 180 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
LC191.98.G7 R43 2005
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Stokes Library - Wallace Hall (SPR)
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Subject(s)
College choice
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Social aspects
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Great Britain
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Universities and colleges
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Great Britain
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Admission
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Educational equalization
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Great Britain
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Discrimination in education
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Great Britain
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David, Miriam E.
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Ball, Stephen J.
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Summary note
"Degrees of Choice provides a sophisticated account of the overlapping effects of social class, ethnicity and gender in the process of choosing which university to attend. The shift from an elite to a mass system has been accompanied by much political rhetoric about widening access, achievement-for-all and meritocratic equalisation."
"This book gives a full and different picture, drawing on qualitative and quantitative data to show how the welcome expansion of higher education has also deepened social stratification, generating new and different inequalities. While gender inequalities have reduced, those of social class remain and are now reinforced by racial inequalities in access. Employing perspectives from the sociology of education and particularly Bourdieu's work on distinction and judgement, the book links school (institutional habitus) and family (class habitus) with individual choice making in a socially informed dynamic."--Jacket.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-176) and indexes.
Contents
Ch. 1. Setting the scene
Ch. 2. Conceptualising choice of higher education
Ch. 3. Making a difference : institutional habituses
Ch. 4. Parents and higher education choice
Ch. 5. Working class students
Ch. 6. Culture, community and choice : ethnic minority students
Ch. 7. Illuminating the field? : information, marketing and higher education decision making
Ch. 8. Conclusion.
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ISBN
1858563305 ((pbk.))
9781858563305 ((pbk.))
OCLC
56913092
International Article Number
9781858563305
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