Abstract
Choice of school remains a hot topic in UK educational politics. This paper focuses on one point of choice which is of considerable political and theoretical interest; that is, parents choosing between state and private schools. Here comparison between the systems, the use of cultural resources and the role of principles and interests in choice‐making are all to the fore. The paper employs ideas and concepts from Bourdieu's work Distinction (1986) to develop further analysis of parental choice introduced in earlier published work. The central argument of the paper is that choice is a key mechanism in the uneven accumulation and reproduction of cultural capital through education. 1On the cusp: parents choosing between state and private schools in the UK: action within an economy of symbolic goods
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