Aspirations re-examined : a capability approach to widening participation in higher education
This thesis draws on Amartya Sen’s capability approach to re-examine the complex and dynamic nature of young people’s aspirations, in relation to government strategies to widen participation in higher education in England. Key concepts from Pierre Bourdieu are synthesised with Sen’s work to create a...
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University of Cambridge
2011
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.603793 |