Settling for a “good enough” school: contradictions of middle class reproduction in a small town in illiberal Hungary
Alexandra Szőke,
Cecília Kovai,
Réka Geambașu
Abstract:The politics of the Orbán regime, in power in Hungary since 2010, are reshaping the possibilities for middle class reproduction and social mobility, as revealed through our analysis of parental dilemmas around school choice and future aspirations in a peripheral small town. As the main targets of re-industrialization and an important voter base for the regime, small towns are particularly relevant localities for studying the transformations of middle-class reproduction. Globally, anxieties over class reproduct… Show more
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