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Equal Access but Unequal Outcomes: Cultural Capital and Educational Choice in a Meritocratic Society
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Direct linkJaeger, Mads Meier – Social Forces, 2009
This article argues that existing studies on cultural capital and educational success fail to distinguish the different channels through which cultural capital promotes educational success. Following Bourdieu, the article proposes that for cultural capital to promote educational success three conditions must hold: (1. parents must…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Capital, Academic Achievement, Parent Background
