{"product_id":"betting-on-education-jennifer-estes-9781978844582","title":"Betting on Education: The Costs of Schooling for Cambodian Youth","description":"\u003cp\u003eEducational credentials are one of the most reliable tickets to a middle-class livelihood across the globe today. But as the costs of schooling rise, young people increasingly wonder whether their investment will pay off. \u003ci\u003eBetting on Education: The Costs of Schooling for Cambodian Youth\u003c\/i\u003e follows the experiences of rural secondary school students navigating Cambodia's semiprivatized state education system. It reveals that when students are compelled to speculate about the value of their education, the \"winners\" of this gamble are the ones already most securely part of the middle class. The rest are left behind. In the process, the very meaning of education is transformed, as schooling becomes less about learning and more about its potential financial returns. By situating these stories in the wider global logics of neoliberal capitalism, \u003ci\u003eBetting on Education \u003c\/i\u003echallenges readers to consider what is at stake when young people must wager so much on the promise of schooling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer Estes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1978844581\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781978844582\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Jennifer Estes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801123991807,"sku":"9781978844582","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/betting-on-education-jennifer-estes-9781978844582","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}