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Educational Failure and Working Class White Children in Britain /

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Are schools failing working class children or does working class life present alternative means for gaining social status that conflict with what it means to do well at school? Focusing on Southeast London, this book provides insight into class values and reveals the complex cultural politics of whi...

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Main Author: Evans, Gillian (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Subjects:
Social Sciences.
Administration, Organization and Leadership.
Development Policy.
Educational Policy and Politics.
Sociology of Education.
Sociology, general.
Economic policy.
Education and state.
Educational sociology.
School management and organization.
Social sciences.
Sociology.
ducation and state.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Are schools failing working class children or does working class life present alternative means for gaining social status that conflict with what it means to do well at school? Focusing on Southeast London, this book provides insight into class values and reveals the complex cultural politics of white working class pride.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XVI, 205 pages)
ISBN:9780230627239
DOI:10.1057/9780230627239