1st Edition

Culture, Capitals and Graduate Futures Degrees of class

By Ciaran Burke Copyright 2016
198 Pages
by Routledge

198 Pages
by Routledge

198 Pages
by Routledge

In a time of too many graduates for too few jobs, and in a context where applicants have similar levels of educational capital, what other factors influence graduate career trajectories? Based on the life history interviews of graduates and framed through a Bourdieusian sociological lens, Culture, Capitals and Graduate Futures explores the continuing role that social class as well as cultural... Read more

Introduction

Chapter 1 - Sociology of "Choice"

Chapter 2 – Setting the Scene

Chapter 3 – Graduate Employed

Chapter 4 – Non-Graduate Employed

Chapter 5 - Theoretical Discussion: a wide-angle approach

Chapter 6 - Social Policy Implications: lessons to be learned

Conclusion

Appendix A – Respondent Matrix

Appendix B – Graduate Employment Position by Variable

Biography

Ciaran Burke is Lecturer in Sociology at Ulster University, Northern Ireland.