Willis's Resistance Theory Dictates That Working Class Youth Will Resist

question 51

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Willis's resistance theory dictates that working class youth will resist the familial pressures to drop out of school and begin working in manual, working-class types of jobs so that they can start bringing in income, choosing instead to pursue higher education with the goal of improving their social class and long-term employment prospects.

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The present value of all benefits attributed by the pension benefit formula to employee service rendered up to that date.

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