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Direct linkBullen, Elizabeth; Kenway, Jane – Theory and Research in Education, 2005
It is a contention of the culturalist strand of underclass theory that the growth of the underclass is not a function of social and economic change, but of features intrinsic to underclass culture. Children born into disadvantaged communities, it is argued, are socialized into the "deviant" culture of their families, families typically headed by…
Descriptors: Mothers, Daughters, Disadvantaged, Socioeconomic Influences
