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Autor/in | Abrahams, Jessie |
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Titel | Honourable Mobility or Shameless Entitlement? Habitus and Graduate Employment |
Quelle | In: British Journal of Sociology of Education, 38 (2017) 5, S.625-640 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0142-5692 |
DOI | 10.1080/01425692.2015.1131145 |
Schlagwörter | Labor Market; Middle Class; Working Class; Social Capital; Social Networks; Moral Values; Self Concept; Employment Opportunities; Social Mobility; Undergraduate Students; Foreign Countries; Competition; Interviews; Student Attitudes; United Kingdom (Bristol) |
Abstract | This article explores the contrasting predispositions of a group of working-class and middle-class undergraduates to using nepotism to gain advantage in the labour market. Drawing upon a Bourdieusian framework, it is argued that the middle-class students, whose habitus was aligned to the field, were more likely to express a willingness to utilise whatever networks they could to secure a "foot in the door." Meanwhile, the working-class students, who were more insecure about the legitimacy of their participation within a middle-class field, expressed a commitment to a form of honour which ruled out using contacts on the grounds that it was morally unacceptable. They discussed a desire to "prove themselves" which is arguably symptomatic of a deeply ingrained reliance on meritocracy. I explore how this may arise due to their habitus having developed within a dominated position in society where respectability is crucial to generating feelings of self-worth and value. (As Provided). |
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Update | 2020/1/01 |