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1. Gendered capital: emotional capital and mothers' care work in education

This article is concerned with the inequalities experienced by mothers in the performance of educational care work for their children

Abstract:

This paper is concerned with the inequalities experienced by mothers in the performance of educational care work for their children. It is argued that the caring work carried out by mothers at transfer to second-level schooling is shaped by their ability to activate the significant resource of emotional capital; a gendered resource involving emotional skills, knowledge and experiences. more...

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Republic of Ireland

British Journal of Sociology of Education, Vol: 29 Page: 137-148 2008
Maeve O'Brien

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