Educational Failure and Working Class White Children in Britain

By Gillian Evans

Book Overview

Are schools failing working class children or does working class life present alternative means for gaining social status that conflict with what it means to do well at school? Focusing on Southeast London, this book provides insight into class values and reveals the complex cultural politics of white working class pride.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230553036
• ISBN13: 9780230553033
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 205 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.5"