Inequality across societies : families, schools and persisting stratification /

Most societies place great faith in the modern school's power to offer children a more prosperous future, from better jobs to wider social opportunities. In turn, political leaders around the world push to expand western forms of schooling, creating more slots for children, from preschool throu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Baker, David, 1952 January 5-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; London : JAI/Elsevier, 2004.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Research in sociology of education ; v. 14.
Temas:
Educational sociology.
Social stratification.
Educational equalization.
Income distribution.
Educational equalization > Cross-cultural studies.
Educational sociology > Cross-cultural studies.
Social stratification > Cross-cultural studies.
Income distribution > Cross-cultural studies.
Démocratisation de l'enseignement > Études transculturelles.
Sociologie de l'éducation > Études transculturelles.
Stratification sociale > Études transculturelles.
Revenu > Répartition > Études transculturelles.
Sociologie de l'éducation.
Stratification sociale.
Démocratisation de l'enseignement.
Revenu > Répartition.
social stratification.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Sociale ongelijkheid.
Onderwijsparticipatie.
Inkomensverdeling.
Accès à l'éducation.
Inégalité sociale.
Répartition du revenu.
Cross-cultural studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : inequality across societies / Bruce Fuller and Emily Hannum
  • Grandmothers, formal care, and educational advantage in China / Susan E. Short and Rongjun Sun
  • Educational expansion and inequality in Korea / Hyunjoon Park
  • Educational opportunities for boys and girls in Thailand / Sura R. Curran [and others]
  • In pursuit of college quality : migration decisions among college students in Japan / Hiroshi Ono
  • Commentary : Educational stratification in Asia / Emily Hannum and Bruce Fuller
  • Egalitarianism versus social reproduction : stratification in Eastern Europe / Raymond Sin-Kwok Wong
  • Parents, partners and credentials : self-employment mobility in the United States and Germany / Patricia A. McManus
  • Heating up the aspirations of Israeli Arab youth / Gad yair, Nabil Khattab and Aaron Benavot
  • Educational pathways into the evolving labour market of West Africa / Stephen L. Morgan and William R. Morgan
  • Uneven inroads : understanding women's status in higher education / Karen Bradley and Maria Charles
  • Commentary : Inequality and schooling as an institution / Regina E. Werum and David P. Baker.

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