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Peer reviewedHatcher, Richard – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 1998
Examines the educational choices that young people and parents from different class backgrounds make at transition points within the system that the Rational Action Theory offers. Observes that the choices parents and their children make augment and amplify social-class differentiation. Explores two explanations for this phenomenon: "rational…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Developed Nations, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
