From Social Ties to Social Capital: Class Differences in the Relations between Schools and Parent Networks

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 319-351

  Horvat, Erin McNamara ^a   Weininger, Elliot B ^a,b   Lareau, Annette ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Elementary education; Family school; Leisure activities; Parental networks; Qualitative methods; Race; Social capital; Social class

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242680215     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/00028312040002319     Document Type: Article

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