Social Stratification and Youth Subculture: A sociological study on thesStudents of higher educational institutions in Dhaka

Abstract

The present thesis is a study on youth subculture of higher educational institutions in Dhaka city. The mainstay of this study is to find out social class based youth subculture of public and private university students. Youth subculture has been analyzed according to Pierre Bourdieu‘s concept of social class and capital. Findings of this study delineate that the students of public and private universities have formed a social class based distinctive youth subculture. Following both qualitative and quantitative research methodology this youth subcultural practices have been explored.