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Masculinities, Feminism, And The Turkish Headscarf Ban: Revisiting Şahin V. Turkey, Valorie K. Vojdik
Masculinities, Feminism, And The Turkish Headscarf Ban: Revisiting Şahin V. Turkey, Valorie K. Vojdik
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Merit And Mobility: A Progressive View Of Class, Culture, And The Law, Lucille Jewel
Merit And Mobility: A Progressive View Of Class, Culture, And The Law, Lucille Jewel
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Rising income inequality and financial trauma in the middle class beg the question of whether social mobility, long a part of America’s narrative identity, is truly available to Americans residing in the lower rungs of society. This paper addresses the connection between culture and social mobility, looking particularly at how culture impacts social outcomes in America’s meritocratic educational system. Analyzing culture and cultural capital from a progressive perspective, this paper concludes that culture operates subtly, helping some retain or improve their existing position but interfering with the mobility of others. The rhetoric of individual merit, however, obscures the role that …