Class Strategies and the Education Market examines the ways in which the middle classes maintain and improve their social advantages in and through education.Drawing on an extensive series of interviews with parents and children, this book identifies key moments of decision making in the constructio
Social Change and the Middle Classes
β Scribed by Tim Butler, Mike Savage (eds.)
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 401
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
Develops the debate on the professional and managerial service class, and their importance as a determining force in social structure and social change. This book is intended for core undergraduate text for compulsory 2nd and 3rd year sociology courses in stratification. Supplementary text for sociology options such as political, urban and culture, and for courses in social geography, cultural studies, and contemporary Britain.
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