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Unequal Neighbourhoods, Unequal Schools

Organisational Habitus in Deprived and Privileged Local Contexts

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  1. Julia Nast

    1. Berlin, Germany

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  • A sociological study

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Unequal Neighbourhoods, Unequal Schools? Organisational Neighbourhood Inequality and the Question of Organisational Habitus and Organisational Practices

    • Julia Nast
    Pages 13-23

  3. Neighbourhoods, Schools and Inequality: Shifting the Focus

    • Julia Nast
    Pages 25-68

  4. A Theoretical Perspective: Localised Fields, Organisational Habitus and Organisational Practices

    • Julia Nast
    Pages 69-90

  5. Setting the Scene: Neighbourhoods, Data and Methodology

    • Julia Nast
    Pages 91-107

  6. How Neighbourhoods Shape Schools-as-Fields: Social, Symbolic, and Administrative Differences

    • Julia Nast
    Pages 109-162

  7. How Educational Professionals Adapt: Localised Organisational Habitus and Organisational Practices

    • Julia Nast
    Pages 163-231

  8. Organisational Neighbourhood Inequality and What to Do About It

    • Julia Nast
    Pages 233-247

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 249-292
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About this book

Do schools work differently in deprived and privileged neighbourhoods? As segregation is on the rise in many cities, this book explores how different neighbourhood contexts shape public organisations, by using an innovative approach that combines a Bourdieusian perspective and new institutional theory. Based on interviews and ethnographic data from two primary schools in Berlin, Germany, it shows how local social compositions, symbolic meanings of urban areas, and neighbourhood-based policy interventions structure schools. Educational professionals adapt to these structural differences. The book analyses how teachers’ understandings and practices vary by local context – and what that means for the reproduction of urban inequality.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Berlin, Germany

    Julia Nast

About the author

Julia Nast holds a Joint PhD in Sociology from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and King’s College London.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Unequal Neighbourhoods, Unequal Schools

  • Book Subtitle: Organisational Habitus in Deprived and Privileged Local Contexts

  • Authors: Julia Nast

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-27591-4

  • Publisher: Springer VS Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-27590-7Published: 31 August 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-27591-4Published: 20 August 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 280

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Urban Studies/Sociology, Sociology of Education, Social Structure, Social Inequality

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