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A question of autonomy: Bourdieu’s field approach and higher education policy
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The concept of field forms the centre of Pierre Bourdieu's relational sociology and the notion of autonomy is its keystone as mentioned in this paper, which enables higher education to be examined as a distinct and irreducible object of study.Abstract:
The concept of field forms the centre of Pierre Bourdieu’s relational sociology and the notion of ‘autonomy’ is its keystone. This article explores the usefulness of these underexamined concepts for studying policy in higher education. It begins by showing how Bourdieu’s ‘field’ approach enables higher education to be examined as a distinct and irreducible object of study. It then explores the value and limitations of this conceptualization through analyses of policy during two contrasting moments of transition in the same field. First, the insights offered by a field approach are illustrated by analysing the new student debate over the creation of new universities in early 1960s English higher education. This shows how the field’s relatively high autonomy shaped the focus and form of policy debates by refracting economic and political pressures into specifically educational issues. Second, considering contemporary changes in policy highlights how the erosion of the social compact underpinning higher educ...read more
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An Invitation to Reflexive Sociology
Pierre Bourdieu,Loïc Wacquant +1 more
TL;DR: The authors provides a systematic and accessible overview of the internal logic of Bourdieu's work by explicating thematic and methodological principles underlying his work, including a theory of knowledge, practice, and society.
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Class, Codes and Control
Josephine Klein,Basil Bernstein +1 more
TL;DR: The papers in this volume show the origin and development of Bernstein's theoretical studies into the relationships between social class, patterns of language use and the primary socialization of the child as discussed by the authors.