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White Middle-Class Identities and Urban Schooling /

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This book examines experiences and implications of 'against-the-grain' school choices, where white middle class families choose ordinary and 'low performing' secondary schools for their children. It offers a unique view of identity formation, taking in matters like family history...

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Main Authors: Reay, Diane (Author), Crozier, Gill (Author), James, David (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Series:Identity studies in the social sciences.
Subjects:
Social Sciences.
Ethnicity Studies.
Social Anthropology.
Social Policy.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.
Sociology of Education.
Educational sociology.
Equality.
Ethnicity.
Ethnology.
Social policy.
Social sciences.
Social structure.
Electronic books.
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Summary:This book examines experiences and implications of 'against-the-grain' school choices, where white middle class families choose ordinary and 'low performing' secondary schools for their children. It offers a unique view of identity formation, taking in matters like family history, locality and whiteness.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (IX, 201 pages)
ISBN:9780230302501
DOI:10.1057/9780230302501