Putting Bourdieu to work for class analysis: Reflections on some recent contributions

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 325-343

  Flemmen, Magne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bourdieu; Class analysis; Domination; Field; Forms of capital; Power; Social class; Social space; Status; Stratification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HISTORY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 84878388077     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: 14684446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.12020     Document Type: Article

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