We blame the parents! A response to 'cultural capital as an explanation of variation in participation in higher education' by John Noble and Peter Davies (British Journal of Sociology of Education 30, no. 5)

British Journal of Sociology of Education

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 471-482

  Harrison, Neil ^a   Waller, Richard ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cultural capital; Higher education; Methodology; Social class; Widening participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954198821     PISSN: 01425692     EISSN: 14653346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01425692.2010.484922     Document Type: Article

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