This article examines evolving uses of Bourdieu's signature concept of Cultural Capital in
American educational research. Bourdieu originally developed the concept in the 1960s and …

There has been renewed policy interest in intergenerational social mobility as a route to a
fairer society, but in ignoring the sociological evidence this article will argue that the current …

Policies on economic use of natural resources require considerations to social and cultural
values. In order to make those concrete in a planning context, this paper aims to interpret …

The authors draw on Pierre Bourdieu's theory of cultural reproduction to develop a formal
model of the pathways through which cultural capital acts to enhance children's educational …

Research into the sociology of education has paid considerable attention to how family
background affects children's educational outcomes and inequality. Among the many …

In this paper we use new data on Danish monozygotic (MZ) twins to analyze the effect of
cultural capital on educational success. We report three main findings. First, cultural capital …

In this article we outline the 'walls of whiteness' that make it difficult to teach the sociology of
race and racism and make it difficult for students at historically white colleges and …

Recent work on the transmission of educational advantage has shifted empirical attention
toward the active role of parents and their parenting style. Drawing from cultural capital …

The theories of cultural reproduction and cultural mobility have largely shaped the study of
the effects of cultural capital on academic outcomes. Missing in this debate has been a …

With the change in the location of school education from the classroom to the home during
the COVID-19 outbreak, there should be more educational caregiving from children's …