Educational Upward Mobility [electronic resource] : Practices of Social Changes /
Kupfer, Antonia.author.
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.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Machine generated contents note: -- AcknowledgmentsList 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.
Educational sociology.
Higher education.
Educational sociology .
Education and sociology.
Social structure.
Social inequality.
School management and organization.
School administration.
Educational policy.
Education and state.
Sociology of Education.
Higher Education.
Sociology of Education.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.
Administration, Organization and Leadership.
Educational Policy and Politics.