Young Working Class Men in Transition uses a unique blend of concepts from the
sociologies of youth and masculinity combined with Bourdieusian social theory to …

This article extends Bourdieu's notion of cultural capital in relation to 'race'and ethnicity by
exploring the significance of black cultural capital among middle class black Caribbean …

Pierre Bourdieu is arguably the most influential sociologist of the twentieth century,
especially since the once common criticisms of his determinism and reproductionism have …

Pierre Bourdieu was the most influential sociologist of the late 20th century. The framework
he developed continues to inspire countless researchers across the globe and provokes …

Modernising School Governance examines the impact of recent market-based reforms on
the role of governors in the English state education system. A focus of the book concerns …

This book describes the lives of a group of young working-class men in a de-industrialized
community in the South Wales Valleys (UK). Using a longitudinal ethnographic approach, I …

This article argues that to better investigate the enduring relationship between social class
background and inequalities in post-compulsory education necessitates a more …

Pierre Bourdieu was one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. He argued
for, and practiced, rigorous and reflexive scholarship, interrogating the inequities and …

This paper draws attention to gendered inequalities in relation to pedagogic participation,
the politics of difference and the concept of 'shame'. I use the term 'pedagogic participation'to …

Since the 2000s, successive governments in the United Kingdom and elsewhere have
embraced the idea of 'raising aspiration'among young people as a solution to persisting …