Bourdieu, Habitus and Social Research: The Art of Application

by Cristina Costa (Editor), Mark Murphy (Editor)

Overview

This collection brings together for the first time a set of researchers whose research methodologies centre on Bourdieu's concept of habitus. Full of insight and innovation, the book is an essential read for anyone wanting to know more about approaches to social theory and its application in research.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137496928
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	07/17/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	186
File size:	279 KB

About the Author

Katerina Bodovski, Pennsylvania State University, United States Ciaran Burke, University of Ulster, United Kingdom David Cairns, ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal Huw Davies, University of Southampton, United Kingdom Alan France, University of Auckland, New Zealand He Li, Renmin University, China Magdalena Nowicka, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany Garth Stahl, University of South Australia, Australia

Table of Contents

PART 1: AN INTRODUCTION TO BOURDIEUIAN HABITUS
1. Bourdieu and the Application of Habitus across the Social Sciences; Cristina Costa; Mark Murphy
PART 2: HABITUS, TRANSITIONS AND TRAJECTORIES
2. Egalitarian Habitus: Narratives of Reconstruction in Discourses of Aspiration and Change; Garth Stahl
3. From Parental to Adolescents ' ' Habitus: Challenges and Insights of Quantifying Bourdieu; Katerina Bodovski
4. Habitus and Graduate Employment: a Re/Structuring Structure and the Role of Biographical Research ; Ciaran Burke
5. Theorising and Researching the Youth Crime Nexus: Habitus, Reflexivity and the Political Ecology of Social Practices; Alan France
PART 3: HABITUS TRANSFORMED: THE EFFECTS OF MOBILITY
6. Habitus - its Transformation and Transfer through Cultural Encounters in Migration; Magdalena Nowicka
7. Learning to Fly: Entering The Youth Mobility and Habitus in Ireland and Portugal; David Cairns
8. Moving to the City: Educational Trajectories of Rural Chinese Students in an Elite University; He Li
PART 4: ONLINE HABITUS
9. Academics Online: Fighting for a New Habitus; Cristina Costa
10. Young People and the Web: Understanding their Engagement with Online Information through the Concept of Habitus; Huw Davies