SOC224H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Institutional Theory, Signify, Pierre Bourdieu
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Introduction cultural capital refers to non-financial social assets that promote social mobility beyond economic means: e. x. education, intellect, style of speech, dress, or physical appearance. Presumption that contemporary socialization in schools is hidden tacit or implicit. He seeks to explain why some settings successfully generate emotional entrainment and collective effervescence while others create apathy and avoidance and why some equalize the energy of rituals while others distribute it highly unequally. Human capital theory - the skills, knowledge, and experience possessed by an individual or population, viewed in terms of their value or cost to an organization or country. Higher grades more independent and open-ended activity through an implicit, hidden curriculum, students are socialized into their allotted labour force positions. Until the past half century, public schools were overtly gendered institutions. Girls were steered towards domestic science and boys towards trades and advanced studies.
