Struggling with Capital: A Bourdieusian Analysis of Educational Strategies among Internationally Mobile Middle Class Families in Sweden

Autor/inn/en	Waddling, Jennifer; Bertilsson, Emil; Palme, Mikael
Titel	Struggling with Capital: A Bourdieusian Analysis of Educational Strategies among Internationally Mobile Middle Class Families in Sweden
Quelle	In: Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 40 (2019) 5, S.697-716 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0159-6306
DOI	10.1080/01596306.2019.1598610
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Mobility; Global Approach; Middle Class; Travel; Immigration; Student Mobility; Barriers; Social Influences; International Schools; Educational Strategies; Enrollment; Social Capital; Cultural Capital; Social Networks; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Mobilität; Mobilitätsförderung; Globales Denken; Mittelschicht; Travelling; Reisen; Reise; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Sozialer Einfluss; International school; Internationale Schule; Lehrstrategie; Einschulung; Sozialkapital; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Schweden
Abstract	Drawing on empirical data regarding educational strategies among internationally mobile families in the Stockholm-Uppsala region, this study questions the notion of a global middle class. First, a quantitative analysis shows that immigrating middle class professionals and their children are few, having marginal impact on the demand for international education. Furthermore, they far from constitute a homogeneous class, instead comprising of fractions opting for different types of schools. A second, qualitative study on capital conversion among mobile families illustrates that even well-educated international movers face serious challenges converting their existing knowledge, skills and contacts into well-informed social, professional and educational strategies in their new context. This suggests the limitations of concepts such as international capital. It is argued that the GMC concept overshadows the fact that social groups within the middle classes have varying degrees of international mobility that constitutes just one dimension of what separates them from each other. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01