Youth and Social Class : Enduring Inequality in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand

This book addresses the recent marginalisation of class theory in youth sociology. The authors argue for the importance of reinstating class analysis as central to understanding young people’s lives in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. Their analysis recognises that in periods of social change, class relationships and processes can and do get reconfigured, but by drawing on the work of Pierre Bourdieu, they show that class, while being dynamic, remains core to shaping the everyday lives of young people. Students and scholars across a range of areas including the sociology of youth, sociology of education, social work and social policy will find this book of interest. "Youth and Social Class" -- "Acknowledgements" -- "Contents" -- "1 Introduction" -- "Notes" -- "References" -- "2 Class Matters" -- "Class: A Very British Phenomena?" -- "Class in the Antipodes" -- "Dispelling the Myth of â#x80;Classlessnessâ#x80;#x99; in the Antipodes" -- "Theorising Class" -- "Class Theory in the Antipodes" -- "The Importance of Youth and Class" -- "Sociology of Education and the Question of Class Privilege" -- "A Bourdieusian Approach to Social Class" -- "Conclusion" -- "Notes" -- "References" -- "3 Education, Social Mobility and the Enduring Nature of Class" -- "The â#x80;#x98;Normalisationâ#x80;#x99; of Post-compulsory Education" -- "The Vocational Training Sector" -- "The Graduate Market for Jobs" -- "Winners and Losers: Enduring Class Inequality in Post-16 Education" -- "A Lack of Aspiration?" -- "University Is â#x80;#x98;Not for People Like Meâ#x80;#x99;: The Role of Habitus" -- "Beyond Access: Higher Education as Class Based Experience" -- "Parental Use of Economic Capital" -- "Conclusion" -- "Notes" -- "References" -- "4 Young People, Work and Social Class" -- "Social Class in Studies of Young Peopleâ#x80;#x99;s Working Lives: An Issue of Diminishing Interest" -- "How Youth Became the Central Dimension of Inequality: A Development of an Unhelpful Mischaracterisation" -- "An Unapologetic Emphasis on How Social Class Shapes Young Peopleâ#x80;#x99;s Experiences of Employment" -- "Working During Education" -- "Classed Aspirations for Work" -- "Who Gets â#x80;#x98;Poor Workâ#x80;#x99;?" -- "Differences Among Graduates" -- "The Importance of Family Economic Capital" -- "Conclusion" -- "Notes" -- "References" -- "5 Youth, Class and Intersectionality" -- "Youth, Social Change and Inequalities Beyond Class" -- "Class, Gender and Youth Sociology" -- "Race and Class in Youth Sociology" -- "Intersectionality: Finding the Intersections of Difference" Annotation This work addresses the recent marginalisation of class theory in youth sociology. The authors argue for the importance of reinstating class analysis as central to understanding young people's lives in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. Their analysis recognises that in periods of social change, class relationships and processes can and do get reconfigured, but by drawing on the work of Pierre Bourdieu, they show that class, while being dynamic, remains core to shaping the everyday lives of young people. Students and scholars across a range of areas including the sociology of youth, sociology of education, social work and social policy will find this book of interest Front Matter....Pages i-ix Introduction....Pages 1-7 Class Matters....Pages 9-38 Education, Social Mobility and the Enduring Nature of Class....Pages 39-67 Young People, Work and Social Class....Pages 69-99 Youth, Class and Intersectionality....Pages 101-134 Conclusion: Towards a New Agenda for Youth Sociology....Pages 135-141 Back Matter....Pages 143-146 Alan France, Steven Roberts. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.