Raising the 'meritocracy': Parenting and the individualization of social class

Sociology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 835-853

  Gillies, Val ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Class; Exclusion; Individualization; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844491661     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038505058368     Document Type: Review

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