ABSTRACT

Offers a social psychological account of social life in three high schools, combining theoretical analysis with reflective methodology. The emphasis of the book is on how social relations have varying effects on the feeling of self in young people from different socioeconomic environments.

chapter 1|11 pages

Horizon

chapter 2|28 pages

Working Class: Nobody Cares

chapter 4|33 pages

The Urban Under-Class: I AM Somebody

chapter 6|20 pages

Becoming Somebody: The Class Self

chapter 7|12 pages

Horizon

chapter 8|2 pages

No Note on Method