This book enriches empirical and theoretical understandings of how school choice and school segregation are generated by the construction and negotiation of ethnic divisions by placing emphasis on feelings of belonging and we-ness as important structuring forces that guide and restrict students' school choices.

Keywords

Authors and Affiliations

Linnaeus University, Sweden

Stefan Lund

About the author

Stefan Lund is Associate professor of Education, Assistant Dean of Teacher Education, and Director of the Center for Cultural Sociology at Linnaeus University, Sweden. He has conducted research on educational choice, educational markets, school sports, and childhood. He is theoretically and methodologically interested in research issues related to sociology of education, cultural sociology, ethnography and critical discourse analysis.

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: School Choice, Ethnic Divisions, and Symbolic Boundaries
Authors: Stefan Lund
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137480071
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Education Collection, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-48006-4Published: 24 March 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-48007-1Published: 26 March 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 100
Topics: Sociology of Culture, International and Comparative Education, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Education, Migration, Educational Policy and Politics

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Authors:

Sections

Buy it now

Buying options

Other ways to access

Table of contents (5 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

The Study

School Choice and the Natural Science Program

Negotiating Academic Behavior and Social Manners

Concluding Remarks

Back Matter

About this book