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Growing gaps : educational inequality around the world / edited by Paul Attewell, Katherine S. Newman.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Critical pedagogy.
- Comparative education--Philosophy.
- Comparative education.
- Educational equalization--Cross-cultural studies.
- Educational equalization.
- Education and globalization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (355 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Outlining the world-wide race for educational advantage, this book takes a comparative approach. Covering almost every continent, this book provides an overarching examination of who is actually able to benefit from economic growth and who, because of the educational demands it brings about, it shuts out.
- Contents:
- Contents; Contributors; 1 Education and Inequality in a Global Context; 2 Educational Inequality in Latin America: Patterns, Policies, and Issues; 3 Entrance into Prestigious Universities and the Performance of Groups That Have Been Discriminated Against on the Vestibular: Black Students in the University of São Paulo, 2001-2007; 4 Education and Racial Inequality in Post-Apartheid South Africa; 5 Social Class and Educational Inequality in South Korea; 6 Equal Opportunity in Higher Education in Israel: Lessons from the Kibbutz
- 7 Sociopolitical Changes and Inequality in Educational Opportunities in China: Two Different Trends, 1940-20018 Middle-class Losers? The Role of Emotion in Educational Careers in Hong Kong; 9 The Afterlife of NEETs; 10 Overeducation and Social Generations in France: Welfare Regimes and Inter-cohort Inequalities in Returns to Education; 11 Education and the Labor Market: The Case of Poland; 12 The Socioeconomic Integration of Immigrants in the EU: Effects of Origin and Destination Countries on the First and Second Generation; 13 Gender, Perceptions of Opportunity, and Investment in Schooling
- ReferencesIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-973219-1
- 0-19-974259-6
- 1-282-88076-4
- 9786612880766
- OCLC:
- 671655042
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