Description: Class Practices by Fiona Devine Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description This is an important new comparative study of social mobility based on qualitative interviews with middle-class parents in America and Britain. It addresses the key issue of the stability of class relations and middle-class reproduction and how parents seek to increase their childrens chances of educational success and occupational advancement. Publisher Description This important new book is a comparative study of social mobility based on qualitative interviews with middle-class parents in America and Britain. It addresses the key issue in stratification research, namely, the stability of class relations and middle-class reproduction. Drawing on interviewee accounts of how parents mobilised economic, cultural and social resources to help them into professional careers, it then considers how the interviewees, as parents, seek to increase their childrens chances of educational success and occupational advancement. Middle-class parents may try to secure their childrens social position but it is not an easy or straightforward affair. With the decline of the quality of state education and increased job insecurity in the labour market since the 1970s and 1980s, the reproduction of advantage is more difficult than in the affluent decades of the 1950s and 1960s. The implications for public policy, especially public investment in higher education, are considered. Author Biography Fiona Devine is Professor of Sociology at Manchester University and has been a visiting fellow at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. She has published extensively and is a former Chair of the editorial board of the journal Sociology. Details ISBN 0521006538 ISBN-13 9780521006538 Title Class Practices Author Fiona Devine Format Paperback Year 2004 Pages 298 Publisher Cambridge University Press GE_Item_ID:7684275; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9780521006538
Book Title: Class Practices
Number of Pages: 298 Pages
Publication Name: Class Practices : How Parents Help Their Children Get Good Jobs
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2004
Subject: Human Resources & Personnel Management, Demography, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Sociology / General, Research, Parent Participation
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 17.1 Oz
Subject Area: Social Science, Education, Business & Economics
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Fiona Devine
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Perfect
