TY  - BOOK
AU  - Matthys,Mick
AU  - Perlzweig,Naomi
ED  - ProQuest (Firm)
TI  - Cultural capital, identity, and social mobility: the life course of working-class university graduates 
AV  - HN90.S65 M326 2013
U1  - 305.5/13 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Social mobility
KW  - College graduates
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Working class
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries
N2  - "This qualitative study explores the meaning of working-class origin in the life and career of university graduates. Social transition from a working-class background to a middle-class milieu results in loyalty conflicts and communication barriers. The lack of social and cultural capital and the absent sense of an assertive self-presentation are pivotal barriers to gaining management functions. Positions in certain key sectors are not necessarily allocated according to professional capacity, but to obscure social connections, regulated by cultural codes and tests. Matthys approaches social mobility as a trajectory of identity construction in which different classes are integrated, and uses the notion of identity capital to interpret and discuss the meaning of the individual drive in social mobility. "--
UR  - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1101380
ER  -