03582cam a2200541Ma 4500 ocn441785728 OCoLC 20171018091353.0 m d cr un||||||||| 030909s2003 ne a o 001 0 eng d 9781849502412 (electronic bk.) : �67.95 ; � 98.95 ; $125.95 1849502412 (electronic bk.) : �67.95 ; � 98.95 ; $125.95 0762310618 (hbk.) MERUC eng MERUC OCLCQ ZJC LC203 .I54 2004 JN bicssc JFFJ bicssc EDU000000 bisacsh SOC022000 bisacsh 37.01 306.43 21 Inequality across societies [electronic resource] : families, schools and persisting stratification / edited by David Baker ... [et al.]. 1st ed. Amsterdam ; London : Elsevier/JAI, 2004. 1 online resource (vii, 292 p.) : ill. Research in sociology of education, 1479-3539 ; v. 14 Includes bibliographical references and index. 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 through university levels. Yet despite this remarkable institutional change, are societies becoming equitable, especially for those groups living on the margins of civil society? Why, in too many cases, has schooling failed to deliver on its promise of reducing economic and social disparities? This volume addresses these questions, taking the reader into a variety of nations and cultural settings. With studies from Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, the volume illuminates how schools can reduce or reinforce the layered stratification of society, even in nations with non-western traditions. The contributors, diverse in their own origins and viewpoints, advance our understanding of stratification by highlighting how a nation's history, particular institutions, and cultural context shape the school's efficiency as an agent of equity. The chapters move beyond individual conceptions of attainment and distinguish near-universal versus country-specific mechanisms that characterize the interplay between school expansion and inequality. It shows how schools can reduce or reinforce the layered stratification of society, even in nations with non-western traditions. Description based on print version record. Educational sociology. Educational equalization Cross-cultural studies. Social stratification. Educational sociology Cross-cultural studies. Educational equalization. Social stratification Cross-cultural studies. Income distribution. Income distribution Cross-cultural studies. Education. bicssc Social discrimination. bicssc Education General. bisacsh Social Science Popular Culture. bisacsh Baker, David, 1952 Jan. 5- Print version: Inequality across societies. 1st ed. Amsterdam ; London : JAI, 2004 0762310618 (OCoLC)53030625 Research in sociology of education ; v. 14. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/1479-3539/14 SSbacklist 222732 222732