The reproduction of exclusion and disadvantage: Symbolic violence and social class inequalities in "parental choice" of secondary education

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages

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Author keywords

Consumerism; Educational Marketplace; Ideology of Parentocracy; Parental Choice of Secondary Education; Social Class Inequalities; Social Reproduction; Symbolic Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003247023     PISSN: 13607804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.129     Document Type: Article

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