Young people’s education biographies: family relationships, social capital and belonging
Butler, Rosemary and Muir, K 2017, Young people’s education biographies: family relationships, social capital and belonging, Journal of Youth Studies, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 316-331, doi: 10.1080/13676261.2016.1217318.
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Young people’s education biographies: family relationships, social capital and belonging
This paper examines complexities and interdependencies of key family relationships which anchor young people’s educational biographies. It is well recognised that young people’s education pathways in late modernity are strongly dependent on their ability to draw on the range of resources available, and that socio-economic status and family resources play a central role in this process. Less is known about how such relationships anchor young people’s education biographies. Drawing on theories of social capital and belonging in dialogue with qualitative interviews, and situated in studies of rural youth and education, this article considers how young people themselves talk and make decisions about their education in relation to complex family connections. These connections, contestations and negotiations between young people and central family members highlight how the late modern economy impacts on young people’s intimate relationships, and sheds light on the ongoing work of youth to resolve such tensions around their schooling in daily life.
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