Politics, religion and morals: the symbolism of public schooling for the urban middle-class identity Rowe, Emma 2017, Politics, religion and morals: the symbolism of public schooling for the urban middle-class identity, International studies in sociology of education, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 36-50, doi: 10.1080/09620214.2016.1200479. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Politics, religion and morals: the symbolism of public schooling for the urban middle-class identity Author(s) Rowe, Emma orcid.org/0000-0002-3747-8070 Journal name International studies in sociology of education Volume number 26 Issue number 1 Start page 36 End page 50 Total pages 15 Publisher Taylor & Francis Place of publication Abingdon, Eng. Publication date 2017 ISSN 1747-5066 Keyword(s) middle-class school choice urban education religion public schools politics social class identity Summary Research points to sections of the middle-class repopulating the ‘ordinary’ urban public school and whilst there are key differences in how they are navigating public school choices, from ‘seeking a critical mass’ (Posey-Maddox, Kimelberg, and Cucchiara 2014) to resisting traditional methods of choice and going ‘against-the-grain’ (Reay, Crozier, and James 2013), or collectively campaigning for a brand new public school, the urban middle-class are developing contemporary methods to challenge the existing ways of thinking about middle-class choice. Drawing on this literature, this paper explores the symbolism of public schooling for relatively affluent choosers in the city of Melbourne, Australia. The positioning of public schooling as essentially secular and liberal indicates how the public school is valorised within the contemporary market place. Within a market that tends to under-sell the public school, the perceived lack of organized religion and progressivism may be the unique selling point for the cosmopolitan, globalized consumer. Language eng DOI 10.1080/09620214.2016.1200479 Field of Research 130106 Secondary Education 130302 Comparative and Cross-Cultural Education 1608 Sociology 1303 Specialist Studies In Education Socio Economic Objective 930403 School/Institution Policies and Development HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2016, Taylor & Francis Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30086438 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Education Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Sun, 02 Oct 2016, 11:49:21 EST Sun, 02 Oct 2016, 11:50:35 EST Mon, 03 Oct 2016, 04:00:05 EST Mon, 03 Oct 2016, 07:47:20 EST Mon, 03 Oct 2016, 07:50:30 EST Wed, 09 Nov 2016, 11:49:06 EST Fri, 11 Nov 2016, 05:06:12 EST Mon, 14 Nov 2016, 13:29:09 EST Fri, 18 Nov 2016, 11:43:26 EST Mon, 27 Feb 2017, 11:44:49 EST Mon, 27 Feb 2017, 11:46:05 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 3 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 176 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Sun, 02 Oct 2016, 11:50:35 EST

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