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Reviews
Society for Education Studies Book Prize 2012 Winner - Runner-up
'The production of this beautifully crafted and important book adds to what we know of education policy in practice and brings complex and fresh evidence to the setting of school choice, class and lived social identity. This work will be a major reference point for sociological theory and policy in practice for some time to come.' - Meg Maguire, Journal of Education Policy
'This book focuses on the persepctives of white middle-class parents who make 'against'-the-grain school choices for their children in urban England. It provides key insights into the dynamics of class practising that are played out in these choices and the multiple narratives and contexts that influence them.' - Dympna Devine, British Journal of Sociology of Education
'This magnificent book...will command widespread interest.' - Mike Savage, British Journal of Sociology of Education
'This book will be of interest to education and social policy researchers, sociologists, education professionals and indeed left-leaning white middle class parents.' - Nicola Ingram, British Journal of Sociology of Education
'A thoughtful and very interesting analysis by a talented group of researchers.' - Professor Annette Lareau, University of Pennsylvania, USA
'White Middle Class Identities and Urban Schooling is a very important book. Looking at class practices and habitus as linked to family and schooling, the authors unpack the ways in which choice of secondary school is increasingly linked to the forging of social structure. In so doing, they bring the ability of the middle class to erect boundaries both symbolically and geographically into a new era of social class construction, while instantiating increasingly widespread choice of secondary school for one's children as a key and pivotal site for class formation and contestation. This is a 'must read' for anyone interested in contemporary class formation.' Professor Lois Weis, Graduate School of Education, University at Buffalo, USA
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: White Middle-Class Identities and Urban Schooling
Authors: Diane Reay, Gill Crozier, David James
Series Title: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230302501
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-22401-8Published: 01 April 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-137-35501-0Published: 01 April 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-30250-1Published: 31 March 2011
Series ISSN: 2947-7786
Series E-ISSN: 2947-7794
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 201
Topics: Social Policy, Ethnicity Studies, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Education, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Social Anthropology