ISBN:
9781138232020
Language:
English
Pages:
x, 204 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Routledge advances in sociology 213
Series Statement:
Routledge advances in sociology
Uniform Title:
Klassenlage und transnationales Humankapital
DDC:
331.1
Keywords:
Human capital
;
Labor supply
;
Education and globalization
;
Soziale Klasse
;
Humankapital
;
Globalisierung
;
Erziehung
;
Oberschicht
;
Mittelstand
Abstract:
Prologue -- Changing contexts : the growing demand for transnational human capital and the middle and upper class quest for distinction -- Social background makes all the difference : types of capital, class position and chances for acquiring transnational human capital -- Strategic investments : families' class position and their educational practices in everyday life -- The "brokers" : the formation and structure of a social field of intermediaries of transnational human capital -- Does going abroad early on pay off? : returns to transnational human capital -- Appendix: Data and methods of analysis -- Epilogue
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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