‘It's like saying “coloured’”: understanding and analysing the urban working classes.
This paper draws on data from a qualitative project exploring the engagement of working class families in London with childcare. It is a first attempt to throw some light on our usage of the term ‘working class’, and consider what forms ‘working class-ness’ takes in relation to our respondent famili...
| Publicado en: | Sociological Review Vol. 56; no. 1; pp. 61 - 78 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
February 2008
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