Field theory in cultural capital studies of educational attainment
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Field theory in cultural capital studies of educational attainment. / Krarup, Troels; Munk, Martin D.
In: British Journal of Sociology of Education, Vol. 37, No. 5, 03.07.2016, p. 761-779.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Field theory in cultural capital studies of educational attainment
AU - Krarup, Troels
AU - Munk, Martin D.
PY - 2016/7/3
Y1 - 2016/7/3
N2 - This article argues that there is a double problem in international research in cultural capital and educational attainment: an empirical problem, since few new insights have been gained within recent years; and a theoretical problem, since cultural capital is seen as a simple hypothesis about certain isolated individual resources, disregarding the structural vision and important related concepts such as field in Bourdieu’s sociology. We (re-)emphasize the role of field theory in cultural capital research in education, taking into consideration current concerns in international quantitative research.
AB - This article argues that there is a double problem in international research in cultural capital and educational attainment: an empirical problem, since few new insights have been gained within recent years; and a theoretical problem, since cultural capital is seen as a simple hypothesis about certain isolated individual resources, disregarding the structural vision and important related concepts such as field in Bourdieu’s sociology. We (re-)emphasize the role of field theory in cultural capital research in education, taking into consideration current concerns in international quantitative research.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - Bourdieu
KW - cultural capital
KW - field theory
KW - educational attainment
U2 - 10.1080/01425692.2014.969398
DO - 10.1080/01425692.2014.969398
M3 - Journal article
VL - 37
SP - 761
EP - 779
JO - British Journal of Sociology of Education
JF - British Journal of Sociology of Education
SN - 0142-5692
IS - 5
ER -
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