Cultural Capital, Identity, and Social Mobility

The Life Course of Working-Class University Graduates

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology
Cover of the book Cultural Capital, Identity, and Social Mobility by Mick Matthys, Taylor and Francis
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Author: Mick Matthys ISBN: 9781136207044
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: December 12, 2012
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Mick Matthys
ISBN: 9781136207044
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: December 12, 2012
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

This qualitative study explores the meaning of working-class origin in the life and career of university graduates. Social transition from a working-class background to a middle-class milieu results in loyalty conflicts and communication barriers. The lack of social and cultural capital and the absent sense of an assertive self-presentation are pivotal barriers to gaining management functions. Positions in certain key sectors are not necessarily allocated according to professional capacity, but to obscure social connections, regulated by cultural codes and tests. Matthys approaches social mobility as a trajectory of identity construction in which different classes are integrated, and uses the notion of identity capital to interpret and discuss the meaning of the individual drive in social mobility.

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This qualitative study explores the meaning of working-class origin in the life and career of university graduates. Social transition from a working-class background to a middle-class milieu results in loyalty conflicts and communication barriers. The lack of social and cultural capital and the absent sense of an assertive self-presentation are pivotal barriers to gaining management functions. Positions in certain key sectors are not necessarily allocated according to professional capacity, but to obscure social connections, regulated by cultural codes and tests. Matthys approaches social mobility as a trajectory of identity construction in which different classes are integrated, and uses the notion of identity capital to interpret and discuss the meaning of the individual drive in social mobility.

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