Aspiration, education and social justice : applying Sen and Bourdieu / Caroline Sarojini Hart.

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Hart, Caroline Sarojini

Material type: Text

TextLondon : Bloomsbury Academic, 2012Description: xiii, 228 pages ; 24 cmISBN:

9781472572028

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DDC classification:

306.430941 HAR TESF067 23

Contents:

Introduction1. Education Policy Issues2. Sen's Capability Approach3. Blending Sen and Bourdieu4. Evolving Theory into Method5. The Nature of Aspirations6. The Genesis of Capabilities7. Aspirations, Capabilities and Choice8. The Promise of Higher Education9. The New Pursuit of JusticeBibliographyIndex

Summary: Caroline Hart presents a radical new paradigm for thinking about the role of education in the development of human flourishing. The book applies Amartya Sen's capability approach to understanding the nature of aspirations in the policy context of strategies to widen participation in higher education

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Caroline Hart presents a radical new paradigm for thinking about the role of education in the development of human flourishing. The book applies Amartya Sen's capability approach to understanding the nature of aspirations in the policy context of strategies to widen participation in higher education

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