The Best Laid Plans: Social Capital in the Development of Girls' Educational and Occupational Plans.
This study examines social class and race differences in young women's social capital for the development of educational and occupational plans. Using in-depth interviews with 59 middle- and working-class black and white high school girls, findings show that inequality in adolescent social capital o...
| Published in: | Social Problems Vol. 62; no. 2; pp. 241 - 266 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
May2015
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