Struggles for Empowerment: Higher Education Stories from East and West

by Ambreen Shahriar and Teresa Bruen

Worldwide, access to higher education is still a privilege. This unique volume recounts the experiences of students from two rural provinces - one in Pakistan, one in the Republic of Ireland - who have struggled to undertake graduate studies. Seeking to understand why some are able to persevere with studies against enormous odds, the authors draw on Bourdieu's theories of social and cultural capital, habitus, field and symbolic violence to analyze...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 185856896X
• ISBN13: 9781858568966
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Trentham Books
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.2" x 9.2"