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Bhopal, Kalwant – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2011
This paper explores Indian women's views on arranged marriages in the United Kingdom. It is based on research carried out with 32 Indian women studying at a university in the South East of England, UK. The article draws on Wenger's social theory of learning to explore how Indian women's participation in communities of practice in higher education…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Females, Foreign Countries, Social Capital
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Bhopal, Kalwant – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2009
This article will examine Asian women's views on the practice of dowries in the UK. The research is based on 20 in-depth interviews with Asian women studying for a Social Sciences degree in a "new" (post-1992) university in the southeast of England. All of the interviews were tape-recorded and the data transcribed. The data was analysed…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Asians, Higher Education, Feminism