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The economics of schooling in a divided society : the case for shared education / Vani K. Borooah and Colin Knox.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Borooah, Vani K., author.
- Knox, Colin, 1953- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education and state--Northern Ireland.
- Education and state.
- Educational sociology--Northern Ireland.
- Educational sociology.
- School management and organization--Northern Ireland.
- School management and organization.
- Identification (Religion).
- Discrimination in education.
- Educational equalization.
- Academic achievement.
- Discrimination in education--Northern Ireland--Case studies.
- Educational equalization--Northern Ireland--Case studies.
- Academic achievement--Northern Ireland--Case studies.
- Northern Ireland.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 188 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Divided communities
- The history and evolution of education in Northern Ireland
- The education policy context
- Post-primary schools' performance
- Inequality and segregation
- Shared education: an alternative approach
- The economics of shared education
- Conclusions: embedding shared education.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-182) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137461865
- 1137461861
- OCLC:
- 913850901
- Publisher Number:
- 99981665219
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