Neoliberal policy and the meaning of counterintuitive middle-class school choices

Current Sociology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 623-641

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

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Educational policy; Middle class; Neoliberalism; School choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949550124     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392110368003     Document Type: Article

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