Tag Archives: Bourdieu

Bourdieu’s Structuration Theory

Posted on March 12, 2017 by

Bourdieu didn’t like the label ‘social theorist’ because he insisted that there was a fundamentally important relationship between empirical data, research methods and ‘theory’. He was not interested in making grand theoretical claims, but rather was engaged in examining particular … Continue reading →

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Structuration Theory – A Summary

Posted on March 10, 2017 by

From a structurationist perspective, a social theory must explain both social reproduction (social order being reproduced over time by people continuing to act in ways inherited from the past) and social transformation (how social order is changed by people, intentionally … Continue reading →

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The Hidden Privileges of Identity: On Being Middle Class

Posted on September 5, 2016 by

A summary of Steph Lawler’s ‘Sociological Perspectives on Identity’, chapter 7 During summer 2000 and in January 2001, there were two separate community-protests over the housing of child-offenders in the local community, one in a working-class area, by working-class people, … Continue reading →

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Cultural Capital and Educational Achievement

Posted on April 5, 2016 by

Cultural Capital can be defined as the skills and knowledge which an individual can draw on to give them an advantage in social life. In this post, I explore Bourdieu’s foundational concept of the Habitus and then look at how … Continue reading →

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