Cultural Capital, Identity, and Social Mobility: The Life Course of Working-Class University Graduates

ISBN-13: 9780415510271 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 286 str.

Mick Matthys

Opis

This study explores the meaning of working-class origin in the life and career of university graduates. Mick Matthys approaches social mobility as a trajectory construction in which different classes are integrated, and uses the notion of identity capital to interpret and discuss the meaning of the individual drive in social mobility.

Spis treści

1. (When) Working Class-Children Enter Academic Learning: Problem Formulation, the Field and Method  2. A Tough Life?  3. Identity, Context and Agency  4. A Firm Foundation  5. A Successful Transformation  6. Career and Life  7. Hicks and Proletarians  8. Reflections: The Part I Have Played  9. Abstract and Conclusions.  Appendix: List of Respondents.

O autorze

Mick Matthys is a Professor at University Utrecht.