Klassenlage und transnationales Humankapital. English
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Prologue -- Changing contexts : the growing demand for transnational human capital and the middle- and upper-class quest for distinction -- Social background makes all the difference : types of capital, class position and chances for acquiring transnational human capital -- Strategic investments : families' class position and their educational practices in everyday life -- The "brokers" : the formation and structure of a social field of intermediaries of transnational human capital -- Does going abroad early on pay off? : returns to transnational human capital -- Epilogue -- Appendix : data and methods of analysis .
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