'Strangers in paradise'?: Working-class students in elite universities

Sociology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1103-1121

  Reay, Diane ^a   Crozier, Gill ^b   Clayton, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elite universities; Habitus; Working class students

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249122789     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038509345700     Document Type: Article

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