Essays about: "social classes"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 186 essays containing the words social classes.

  1. 11. Digital Media and Self-stigma: a Qualitative Study of the Emerging Cultural Middle Class and Their Media Practices

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Aleksandra Dominika Kas; [2023]
    Keywords : Media practices; Cultural middle-class; Bourdieusian sociology; Interviews; Self-stigma; Habitus; Class reproduction;

    Abstract : Class-making from a Bourdieusian perspective is an ongoing process based on cultural consumption connected with a specific class. Despite significant research on cultural consumption, little attention has been paid to the internal processes that can influence class-making. READ MORE

  3. 12. In the Competition for Children’s Success : A sociological analysis of eleven urban middle-class families’ educational perceptions and strategies in China

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier

    Author : Zhai Yuxuan; [2023]
    Keywords : Bourdieu; middle class; China; educational strategies;

    Abstract : Although China's educational resources have increased, and access to education has improved, inequality in education has persisted. This suggests that there will always be individuals who fail to get success through education. READ MORE

  4. 13. Elite Education for the People? : Nuances of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program in Polish High Schools

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier

    Author : Paulina Kucharska; [2023]
    Keywords : Public Education; International Baccalaureate; IB; Internationalization of Education; Educational Trajectories; Educational Strategies; Symbolic Capital;

    Abstract : The International Baccalaureate (IB), a private curriculum associated largely with exclusive education for transnationally mobile upper classes, has recently began to quietly enter public, national education systems, offering its alternative, elite schooling in tuition-free state institutions. This paper explores the nuanced case of Poland, where IB diploma program is offered as one of the tracks within state schools, existing side-by-side and competing with the national curriculum. READ MORE

  5. 14. Parental Leave Practice in Sweden and Gender Equality: A Qualitative Study on Dynamics in Swedish Parents' Leave-sharing choices

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

    Author : Heewon You; [2023]
    Keywords : Parental leave; parental leave practice; gender equality; leave-sharing; Sweden; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : A lot of research has shown varied contributors to Swedish parents' leave-sharing choices, including income, profession, and gender norms. However, there is an absence of studying the contributors as connected and interacting aspects. READ MORE

  6. 15. The post pandemic future of Folkets hus as a social meeting point in Swedish small towns

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Olivia Sköld; [2023]
    Keywords : Folkets hus; Social meeting points; Displacement; Rurality; Social sustainability;

    Abstract : Many people in Sweden live in displacement, from refugees, migrants, unemployed, homeless, lonely elderly or other socially vulnerable groups. The current built environment in Sweden, especially the rural environment, is segregating different social classes including people of different ethnicities and socio-economic backgrounds. READ MORE