White middle-class parents, identities, educational choice and the urban comprehensive school: Dilemmas, ambivalence and moral ambiguity

British Journal of Sociology of Education

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-272

  Crozier, Gill ^a   Reay, Diane ^b   James, David ^c   Jamieson, Fiona ^a   Beedell, Phoebe ^c   Hollingworth, Sumi ^d   Williams, Katya ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Class fractions; Identity; Middle class; School choice; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449111830     PISSN: 01425692     EISSN: 14653346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01425690801966295     Document Type: Article

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