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Social Class and Transnational Human Capital - Couverture souple

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Gerhards, Jürgen

 
9780367884178: Social Class and Transnational Human Capital
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0367884178 ISBN 13 : 9780367884178
Editeur : Routledge, 2019

Synopsis

Due to globalization processes, foreign language skills, knowledge about other countries and intercultural competences have increasingly become important for societies and people's social positions. Previous research on social inequality, however, has dominantly focused on the reproduction of class structures within the boundaries of a particular nation-state without considering the importance of these specific skills and competences.

Within Social Class and Transnational Human Capital authors Gerhards, Hans and Carlson refer to these skills as 'transnational human capital' and ask to what extent access to this increasingly sought-after resource depends on social class. Based on Pierre Bourdieu's theory of class, they investigate this question via both quantitative and qualitative empirical analyses. In doing so the authors focus, among other examples, on the so-called school year abroad, i.e. students spending up to a year abroad while attending school - a practice which is rather popular in Germany, but also quite common in many other countries. Thus, this insightful volume explores how inequalities in the acquisition of transnational human capital and new forms of social distinction are produced within families, depending on their class position and the educational strategies parents pursue when trying to prepare their children for a globalizing world.

An enlightening title, this book will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as postdoctoral researchers interested in fields such as sociology, social inequality research, globalization studies and educational studies.

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À propos de l'auteur

Jürgen Gerhards is Professor of Sociology at Freie Universität Berlin.

Silke Hans is Professor of Sociology at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.

Sören Carlson is Research Associate at the Department of Sociology at the Europa-Universität Flensburg.

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0367884178
ISBN 13 
9780367884178
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
216
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Personne responsable
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