Reproducing vulnerability: a Bourdieuian analysis of readers who struggle in neoliberal times

British Journal of Sociology of Education

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 975-990

  Jaeger, Elizabeth L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

economic policy; educational policy; Social reproduction; struggling readers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84980034135     PISSN: 01425692     EISSN: 14653346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01425692.2016.1213158     Document Type: Article

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