Social class and transnational human capital : how middle and upper class parents prepare their children for globalization

Social class and transnational human capital how middle and upper class parents prepare their children for globalization

Prologue -- Changing contexts : the growing demand for transnational human capital and the middle and upper class quest for distinction -- Social background makes all the difference : types of capital, class position and chances for acquiring transnational human capital -- Strategic investments : fa...

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1. Verfasser: Gerhards, Jürgen (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Hans, Silke (VerfasserIn), Carlson, Sören (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: London, New York Routledge 2017
Schriftenreihe:Routledge advances in sociology 213
Schlagworte:
Human capital > Labor supply > Education and globalization > Soziale Klasse > Humankapital > Globalisierung > Erziehung > Oberschicht > Mittelstand
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Zusammenfassung:Prologue -- Changing contexts : the growing demand for transnational human capital and the middle and upper class quest for distinction -- Social background makes all the difference : types of capital, class position and chances for acquiring transnational human capital -- Strategic investments : families' class position and their educational practices in everyday life -- The "brokers" : the formation and structure of a social field of intermediaries of transnational human capital -- Does going abroad early on pay off? : returns to transnational human capital -- Appendix: Data and methods of analysis -- Epilogue
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:x, 204 Seiten
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ISBN:9781138232020
978-1-138-23202-0