Higher Education and Social Mobility in France: Challenges and Possibilities among Descendants of North African Immigrants

ISBN-13: 9780367701673 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 164 str.

Canada) Shahrokni Shirin (York University

Opis

This book offers an in-depth sociological exploration of the social trajectories and experiences of children of post-colonial immigrants in France who are embarking on paths of extreme upward intergenerational mobility.

Recenzje

"This work promises to durably shake up our understandings of higher education and social mobility, while offering important new insights into the reproduction of race inequities at the heart of the French republic. A must read."

Elaine Coburn, Director of the Centre for Feminist Research, York University, Canada

"Challenging some core assumptions underlying France's model of integration and national imaginary, Shirin Shahrokni's book is a timely, compelling and critical contribution to international scholarship on race, class, migration, higher education and society. Essential reading for anyone concerned with higher education and social justice."

Aziz Choudry, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Succeeding with, Succeeding for Them  3. Routes to Elite Higher Education Institutions  4. ‘The Price of the Ticket’: Class, Race, and Gender Hierarchies in Elite Higher Education Institutions  5. Forging a Sense of Place in Elite Academic Spaces: ‘Accommodating Without Assimilating’  6. From the Grande École to the Middle Class: Uncertain Journeys Ahead  Conclusion

O autorze

Shirin Shahrokni is Assistant Professor of Sociology at York University, Glendon Campus in Toronto, Canada.