Reescribiendo las teorías de la reproducción social: influencia de la clase social en las trayectorias educativa y laboral del alumnado granadino de Secundaria y Bachillerato

Authors

Antonio Olmedo ReinosoSalto de línea Universidad de Granada.

Abstract

Rewriting Social Reproduction Theories. The Influence of Social Class in Educational and Professional Careers of Secondary and High School Students from GranadaSalto de línea Salto de línea This article brings back a classic variable in the field of Social Sciences, that of social class, from the perspective of the new social context in which we are immersed: the information and knowledge society. We use Bourdieu's concept of social class in addition to traditional indicators, which are usually expressed in economical terms, as well as others related with social and cultural capitals. Thus, our research takes up the principles of social reproduction theories to stress the significant role played by the new structural variables in the establishment of young people's careers choices in contemporary democratic societies. On the other hand, this study shows the importance of the role played by cultural capital, with its different and various expressions, as well as the significance family's economic capital, since both of them continue having a central role in the situation of educational hierarchy. Thus, it comes to prove that working class students are more likely to leave school as soon as they complete the compulsory period, as opposed to those belonging to higher classes. Remarkable differences in the nature of population of private/state subsidiezed and public schools as regards social classes are still obvious. High and middle class students attend mainly private/state subsidiezed schools, while the opposite situation is observed in public ones.

Keywords

Social classes, social reproduction, inequality, exclusion, cultural capital, social capital.