Social Class and Transnational Human Capital: How Middle and Upper Class Parent

Taylor & Francis

Social Class and Transnational Human CapitalHow Middle and Upper Class Parents Prepare Their Children for Globalization\nAuthor(s): Jrgen Gerhards, Hans Silke, Sren Carlson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138232020, 978-1138232020\nSynopsis\nDue to globalization processes, foreign language skills, knowledge about other countries and intercultural competences have increasingly become important for societies and peoples social positions. Previous research on social inequality, however, has dominantly focused on the reproduction of class structures within the boundaries of a particular nation-state without considering the importance of these specific skills and competences.\n\nWithin Social Class and Transnational Human Capital authors Gerhards, Hans and Carlson refer to these skills as transnational human capital and ask to what extent access to this increasingly sought-after resource depends on social class. Base.