This book provides an inclusive and incisive analysis of the experiences of working-class young people in education. While there is an established literature on

The author wxplores issues of race, class, and gender among white working class youths, and she considers the roles of school and family in the production of th

Claims the rebellion of poor and working class children against school authority prepares them for working class jobs.

In this book Diane Reay, herself working-class-turned-Cambridge-professor, presents a 21st-century view of education and the working classes. Drawing on over 50

Within the broader context of the global knowledge economy, wherein the "college-for-all" discourse grows more and more pervasive and systems of higher educatio