Introduction --;1. Research Literature on Educational Upward Mobility --;2. Theoretical Perspective --;3. Study Methodology --;4. Social Contexts Enabling Educational Upward Mobility --;5. Summary and Conclusions.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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What enables the few working-class people who enter higher education to achieve against the odds? This book offers answers by comparing social contexts, educational institutions and policies in Austria and England to demonstrate a surprising number of similarities behind those who succeed using Bourdieu's concept of habitus.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Adult education -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
Working class -- Education (Higher) -- Austria.
Working class -- Education (Higher) -- Great Britain.