Essays about: "Symbolic capital"
Showing result 26 - 30 of 59 essays containing the words Symbolic capital.
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26. “There is no point in trying”: Conformity & Resistance : An anthropological study of student attitudes in a Swedish upper secondary school.
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionenAbstract : Based on a two month-long fieldwork in a Swedish upper secondary school, this thesis examines student attitudes and strives to increase the understanding of how they are formed, how students and teachers are positioned to the collective habitus, as well as how the students’ views of their attitudes relates to their practical expressions of them. The study is placed in a scientific debate regarding student resistance and conformity but shifts the focus from the implications they have to the motivations they are the result of. READ MORE
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27. The workplace as an agent of diversity, inclusiveness, social integration, and social relations : A qualitative study in a multinational company
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionenAbstract : This qualitative study aims to investigate how a multinational company works to promote workforce diversity and inclusiveness, how native and immigrant employees and managers experience social integration and social relations in the workplace, and how the managers work to contribute to social integration and social relations in the workplace. Interviews have been made with thirteen participants working in the same company. READ MORE
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28. Chinese Students at Uppsala University: “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” : A sociological analysis of ten students’ trajectories
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudierAbstract : The idea of knowledge economy initiated by the World Bank, the increasing importance of English proficiency in the global labour market, and the expansion of Chinese higher education, all leads to the phenomenon of Chinese student migration to western countries for getting advantageous educational experiences and credentials. Through a qualitative, interview-based method and Bourdieusian sociological perspective focusing on species of capital (cultural, economic, social and symbolic capital), habitus and mode of reproduction, this study focuses on the analysis of the relation between social background of Chinese students and their adoption of a western education system and perception of future career through the trajectories of ten Chinese students at Uppsala University, one of the most renowned universities in Sweden. READ MORE
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29. Cultural Materiality : The correlation between material and cultural capital in the late eighteenth century Stockholm elite burgher home
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionenAbstract : The eighteenth century saw the slow but steady rise of the middling classes to their nineteenth century social and cultural prominence, reinforced by a changing political landscape and the steadily increasing importance of the market. As the social and cultural power of the city burghers making up the majority of the middling classes grew, so did they start to consume in a manner to reflect to their new status in society. READ MORE
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30. Choosing the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme : Transnational Students creating Social Differentiation through School Choice in the Swedish Education Market
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktikAbstract : It is estimated that by 2025 there will be approximately 8.26 million students enrolled in over 15,000 international schools globally. This increased expansion of international schooling cannot be disconnected from a process of globalisation where neoliberal policies have influenced the growth of education markets. READ MORE
