Costly Opportunities social mobility in segregated societies
Before the opportunity : mothers and teachers behind academic outliers -- Entering an elite college : the relational costs and work of building social capital -- Getting out -- Final thoughts
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Cambridge, New York, Port Melbourne, New Delhi, Singapore
Cambridge University Press
2024
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| Schriftenreihe: | Cambridge Elements Politics and Society in Latin America
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Social mobility
> Education, Higher
> Student aid
> Social integration
> Ethnology
> Elite (Social sciences)
> Equality
> Social aspects
> Infrastructure (Economics)
> Social capital (Sociology)
> Professional education
> Educational attainment
> Cultural capital
> Friendship
> Mobilité sociale - Colombie
> Enseignement supérieur - Colombie
> Étudiants - Aide financière - Colombie
> Intégration sociale - Colombie
> Ethnologie - Colombie
> Élite (Sciences sociales) - Colombie
> Capital social (Sociologie) - Colombie
> Niveau d'instruction - Colombie
> Amitié - Aspect social - Colombie
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Before the opportunity : mothers and teachers behind academic outliers -- Entering an elite college : the relational costs and work of building social capital -- Getting out -- Final thoughts "This Element investigates entrenched inequality in Latin America through a unique case of class integration in Colombian higher education. Examining a forgivable loan program benefiting 40,000 high-achieving individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, the Element introduces 'gate opening' and 'diversified networks' as mechanisms countering traditional inequality reproduction. Utilizing a longitudinal, ethnographic approach, it explores the evolving process of social mobility within an elite school, emphasizing subjective experiences and challenges. Despite educational gaps and stark social differences, most students formed cross-class friendships, completed their education, and achieved higher socioeconomic positions. Yet, in so doing they had to face several costs of social mobility resourcing to strategies such as camouflaging or disclosing, sometimes becoming culturally omnivourous in the end. The significance of a prestigious degree varies based on the professional labor market, with first-generation students facing more challenges in low quality or elitist markets where cultural and social capital act as entry barriers"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 65-71 |
| Beschreibung: | 73 Seiten Diagramme 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781009503235 978-1-009-50323-5 1009503200 1-009-50320-0 9781009503204 978-1-009-50320-4 |