White Middle-Class Identities and Urban Schooling

By David James, Diane Reay, Gill Crozier, et al.

Book Overview

Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: The White Middle Classes in the Twenty-First Century - Identities Under Siege? 2. White Middle Class Identity Formation: Theory and Practice 3. Family History, Class Practices and Habitus 4. Habitus as a Sense of Place 5. Against-the-Grain School Choice in Neoliberal Times 6. A Darker Shade of Pale: Whiteness as Integral to Middle Class Identity 7. The Psychosocial: Ambivalences and Anxieties of Privilege 8. Young People and the Urban Comprehensive: Remaking Cosmopolitan Citizens or Reproducing Hegemonic White Middle Class 9. 9. Values? Reinvigorating Democracy: Middle Class Moralities in Neoliberal Times Conclusion: Appendix 1: Methods and Methodology Appendix 2: Parental Occupations and Sector Appendix 3: The Sample Families in Terms of ACORN Categories References

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349308900
• ISBN13: 9781349308903
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 201 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"