Access to Inequality

Informationen zum Autor By Amy E. Stich Klappentext In the interest of uncovering the mechanisms through which democratization, as currently conceived, preserves and perpetuates inequality within the system of higher education, this bookreconsiders the role of social class in the production and dissemination of knowledge, the valuation of cultural capital, and the reproduction of social inequality. Zusammenfassung In the interest of uncovering the mechanisms through which democratization! as currently conceived! preserves and perpetuates inequality within the system of higher education! this book reconsiders the role of social class in the production and dissemination of knowledge! the valuation of cultural capital! and the reproduction of social inequality. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: The Democratization of American Higher EducationChapter 2: Class, Knowledge, and Capital in Interconnected ContextChapter 3: Reputational Affects: Inside a Working Class CollegeChapter 4: Classifying Knowledge by Hand, by HeadChapter 5: Elite Knowledge within a Non-Elite Space: Language, Literacy and "Intertextual Habituality"Chapter 6: Re-conceiving DemocratizationAppendix: A Note on Methods

Autorentext

Amy E. Stich is a postdoctoral research associate at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York.

Klappentext

In the interest of uncovering the mechanisms through which democratization, as currently conceived, preserves and perpetuates inequality within the system of higher education, this bookreconsiders the role of social class in the production and dissemination of knowledge, the valuation of cultural capital, and the reproduction of social inequality.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: The Democratization of American Higher Education Chapter 2: Class, Knowledge, and Capital in Interconnected Context Chapter 3: Reputational Affects: Inside a Working Class College Chapter 4: Classifying Knowledge by Hand, by Head Chapter 5: Elite Knowledge within a Non-Elite Space: Language, Literacy and "Intertextual Habituality" Chapter 6: Re-conceiving Democratization Appendix: A Note on Methods