Being strategic, being watchful, being determined: Black middleclass parents and schooling

British Journal of Sociology of Education

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 337-354

  Vincent, Carol ^a   Rollock, Nicola ^a   Ball, Stephen ^a   Gillborn, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black; Bourdieu; middle class; parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861439147     PISSN: 01425692     EISSN: 14653346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01425692.2012.668833     Document Type: Article

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