Education, inequality and social class : expansion and stratification in educational opportunity / Ron Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, Ron, Dr., author.

Contributor:

Alec Harris & Carollina Song Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational sociology.

Educational equalization.

Education--Social aspects.

Education.

Educational mobility.

Local Subjects:

Education--Social aspects.

Educational equalization.

Educational mobility.

Educational sociology.

Physical Description:

ix, 219 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.

Summary:

"Education, Inequality and Social Class provides a comprehensive discussion of the empirical evidence for persistent inequality in educational attainment. It explores the most important theoretical perspectives that have been developed to understand class-based inequality and frame further research. With clear explanations of essential concepts, this book draws on empirical data from the UK and other countries to illustrate the nature and scale of inequalities according to social background, discussing the interactions of class-based inequalities with those according to race and gender"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Class in post-industrial society

Patterns of inequality in education

Structure and stratification in educational systems

Social reproduction: schooling and class society

Cultural reproduction: habitus, field and capital

Pedagogic codes: power and symbolic control

Rational action: modelling educational choice

Education and social mobility.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-214) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alec Harris & Carollina Song Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Thompson, Ron, Dr., author. Education, inequality and social class

ISBN:

9781138306356

1138306355

9781138306370

1138306371

OCLC:

1057787989