INTRO
social structures are not static monoliths ;)
Pierre Bourdieu!
PARA 1
Bourdieu writing at a time of social meritocracy with equalising educational force
TZANAKIS (2011)
BOURDIEU (1990)
PARA 2
KARL MARX - this ain’t new sis
Developed by Bourdieu and his capitals
PARA 3
Split further into the embodied, objectified and institutional state
PARA 4
Supporting evidence: Sullivan 2001 and LAUREAU 2003
PARA 5
Critiques - ROY NASH (1990) “fate acceptance” - “ambiguous” concepts of habitus. “school will exclude those with ill-endowed with capital”.