This article reviews the literature on changing housing aspirations and expectations in
contemporary housing systems. It argues that there is a conceptual and definitional gap in …

Poverty remains one of the most urgent issues of our time. In this fully updated edition of her
important and widely acclaimed intervention on the topic, Ruth Lister introduces readers to …

Previous research has suggested that parents' aspirations for their children's academic
attainment can have a positive influence on children's actual academic performance …

This substantially revised edition of a highly topical text draws upon theory from Marx and
Bourdieu to offer a clearer understanding of community in capitalist society. The book takes …

This paper aims to better understand the relationship between young people's aspirations
towards education and jobs, and the context in which they are formed, especially to …

This review set out to establish whether there were interventions that could be scaled up to
address the attainment gap for socio-economically disadvantaged children and young …

Research emphasising the importance of parenting behaviours and aspirations for child
outcomes has been seized on by policymakers to suggest the responsibility of the worst off …

This paper is a summary of the expedition in Southern West Java (SWJ) during our tenure as
expert staff of the Senator-a member of the Regional Representative Council of the Republic …

Young people with tenuous relationships to schooling and education are an enduring
challenge when it comes to addressing social inclusion, yet their experiences remain …

The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), led by the Organisation for
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), provides new evidence on how the …