Titre :

Alone or together in the neighbourhood? School choice and families’ access to local social networks

Auteur(s) :

Kosunen, Sonja [Auteur]
Riviere, Clement [Auteur]
Centre de Recherche "Individus Epreuves Sociétés" - ULR 3589 [CeRIES]

Titre de la revue :

Children's Geographies

Pagination :

143-155

Éditeur :

Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Date de publication :

2018

ISSN :

1473-3285

Mot(s)-clé(s) en anglais :

School choice parents children urban space social capital social networks
School choice
parents
children
urban space
social capital
social networks

Discipline(s) HAL :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Sociologie

Résumé en anglais : [en]

This study explores how the everyday geographies of city life and families' access to social networks in the neighbourhood influence families' school choices. The data consist of thematic interviews with parents of ...
Lire la suite >This study explores how the everyday geographies of city life and families' access to social networks in the neighbourhood influence families' school choices. The data consist of thematic interviews with parents of 8-14-yearold children (n = 170) in three urban areas located in the cities of Paris (France), Milan (Italy) and Espoo (Finland) and are analysed via qualitative content analysis. The findings indicate that the families' access to local social networks influences the reasoning behind school choice to the local school. The children's relationships with other children and adults in the neighbourhood are considered important, but additionally, the parents' networks with other parents in the area, mediated by the school, play their role. School choices as practices should therefore be analysed not merely as choices of an institution, as they comprise various aspects concerning the surrounding neighbourhood as a physical and social space.Lire moins >

Langue :

Anglais

Collections :

• Centre de Recherche "Individus Epreuves Sociétés" (CeRIES) - ULR 3589

Source :

Harvested from HAL