Class Consciousness as Cultural Capital among High-SES Parents of Children with Disabilities

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ID2292182
AuthorsPnina Gal‐jacob (University of Haifa), A Shoshana (0000-0002-9902-5384, University of Haifa, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume95
Issue1
Pages153-176
Publication date2025-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociological Inquiry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-0245 • E-ISSN: 1475-682X
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/soin.12598
OpenAlexW4391958201
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited36

This article proposes to examine the parenting features of high socioeconomic class (SES) parents of children with disabilities. This examination also enables us to clarify to what extent high-SES parenting of children with disabilities aligns with the prevailing research on high-SES parenting of children without disabilities. To resolve this question, semi-structured interviews were conducted with high-SES parents of children with disabilities in Israel. The findings indicate that, in addition to financial advantages, these parents hold a clear class consciousness (enacted as cultural capital), which translates into advantages for their children. To that end, the study found four manifestations of cultural capital among high-SES parents in their approach to special education. The discussion offers a critical interpretation concerning how class consciousness serves as cultural capital among high-SES parents of children with disabilities, thus producing and maintaining inequity in the special education system

Capital (architecture) · Class (philosophy) · Consciousness · Cultural capital · Developmental psychology · Economics · Interpretation (philosophy) · Linguistics · Social class · Social science · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Early Childhood Education and Development · Family and Disability Support Research · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology

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