Fiona Devine

Class Practices

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Produktbeschreibung

Explores how parents seek to increase their children's chances of educational success and occupational advancement.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 435g
• ISBN-13: 9780521006538
• ISBN-10: 0521006538
• Artikelnr.: 21650704

Autorenporträt

Fiona Devine is Professor of Sociology at Manchester University and has been a visiting fellow at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. She has published extensively and is a former Chair of the editorial board of the journal Sociology.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Material help with education and employment
3. Financial choices and sacrifices for children
4. Expectations and hopes for educational success
5. Fulfilling potential and securing happiness
6. Contacts, luck and career success
7. Friends and networks in school and beyond
8. Conclusion
Appendix A. The interviewees
Appendix B. Doing comparative research
Notes
Bibliography.