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Education and the Politics of Envy

John Ahier & John Beck

British Journal of Educational Studies 51 (4):320 - 343 (2003)

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Education and the middle classes: Against reductionism in educational theory and research.John Beck - 2007 - British Journal of Educational Studies 55 (1):37-55.details This paper critiques what it sees as a tendency on the part of certain social researchers to engage in moralistic critiques of middle-class parents, especially in relation to the choices and actions of such parents within educational quasi-markets. It proceeds to a linked critique of the influence within education of certain aspects of the work of Pierre Bourdieu, with particular reference to the concepts of symbolic violence and the depiction of cultural meanings as arbitrary. It is argued that both these (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 3 citations
Private Schools, Choice And The Ethical Environment.Sonia Exley & Judith Suissa - 2013 - British Journal of Educational Studies 61 (3):345-362.details ABSTRACT In this paper, we consider the relationship between the existence of private schools and public attitudes towards questions about educational provision. Data from the 2010 British Social Attitudes survey suggest that parents who choose to send children to private schools may become more entrenched in their support for more extensive forms of parental partiality, with potential ramifications for the future supporting of progressive education policy. We suggest that addressing questions about the existence of certain forms of education and school (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 2 citations

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