TY  - BOOK
AU  - Reay,Diane
AU  - David,Miriam E.
AU  - Ball,Stephen J.
TI  - Degrees of choice: class, race, gender, and higher education 
SN  - 1858563305
AV  - LC212.43.G7 R43 2005
U1  - 378.161 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Stoke on Trent, UK, Sterling, USA
PB  - Trentham Books
KW  - Discrimination in higher education
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Social stratification
KW  - Universities and colleges
KW  - Admission
KW  - Educational equalization
KW  - Discrimination in education
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-176) and index; Ch. 1; Setting the scene --; Ch. 2; Conceptualising choice of higher education --; Ch. 3; Making a difference : institutional habituses --; Ch. 4; Parents and higher education choice --; Ch. 5; Working class students --; Ch. 6; Culture, community and choice : ethnic minority students --; Ch. 7; Illuminating the field? : information, marketing and higher education decision making --; Ch. 8; Conclusion
N2  - "Degrees of Choice provides a sophisticated account of the overlapping effects of social class, ethnicity and gender in the process of choosing which university to attend. The shift from an elite to a mass system has been accompanied by much political rhetoric about widening access, achievement-for-all and meritocratic equalisation." "This book gives a full and different picture, drawing on qualitative and quantitative data to show how the welcome expansion of higher education has also deepened social stratification, generating new and different inequalities. While gender inequalities have reduced, those of social class remain and are now reinforced by racial inequalities in access. Employing perspectives from the sociology of education and particularly Bourdieu's work on distinction and judgement, the book links school (institutional habitus) and family (class habitus) with individual choice making in a socially informed dynamic."--BOOK JACKET
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