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Syamprasad, K. V. – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2019
This article aims to offer a theoretical critique of the propaganda against the affirmative action programmes, as well as to unpack the veil of merit and provide justifications for affirmative action for the underprivileged in Kerala. For this purpose, Bourdieu's concept of cultural capital and its origin would be introduced as the central focus…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Class, Cultural Capital, Affirmative Action
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Dundes, Lauren; Harlow, Roxanna – Teaching Sociology, 2005
A simulation called "Star Power" provides an invaluable means to help students understand structural social inequality. This paper explains how Star Power achieves this goal and provides suggestions on how to inculcate the following points that are both central to sociology and difficult to adequately convey to students: 1) Students see how those…
Descriptors: Social Class, Conflict, Advantaged, Whites