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Eileen G. C. Kristiansen – ProQuest LLC, 2022
There is a growing concern in this country that the middle class is disappearing and not in the way one would hope. Instead of families moving into a higher socio-economic class and being able to provide richer life experiences for themselves and their children, vast numbers are shifting to a lower socio-economic status level. The gap between the…
Descriptors: Financial Literacy, Money Management, Taxes, Barriers
Rohena-Madrazo, Marcos – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This dissertation presents an instrumental study of variation in fricative voicing in Buenos Aires Spanish (BAS), particularly with respect to the devoicing change of the postalveolar fricative: /y/greater than/[function of]/. It proposes a novel way of determining the completion of this change by comparing the percentage voicing of the…
Descriptors: Evidence, Middle Class, Social Differences, Socioeconomic Background
Martin, Nathan Douglas – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The United States experienced a tremendous expansion of higher education after the Second World War. However, this expansion has not led to a substantial reduction to class inequalities at elite universities, where the admissions process is growing even more selective. In his classic studies of French education and society, Pierre Bourdieu…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Working Class, Middle Class, Recreational Activities