Schools as sites for transformation: Exploring the contribution of habitus

Youth and Society

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 142-170

  Horvat, Erin McNamara ^a   Davis, Earl James ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

habitus; school dropouts; socioeconomic mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952014065     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: 15528499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X09358846     Document Type: Article

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