Education, Equality, and Social Cohesion: A Distributional Approach.

Green, Andy; Preston, John; Sabates, Ricardo

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ERIC Number: EJ678320

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2003

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Education, Equality, and Social Cohesion: A Distributional Approach.

Green, Andy; Preston, John; Sabates, Ricardo

Compare, v33 n4 p453-70 Dec 2003

Distinguishes social capital from societal cohesion. Argues that education acts in different ways for each. Develops a distributional model showing the relationship between equality of educational outcomes and various measures of social cohesion. Discusses theories explaining country trends and variations in educational inequality and social inheritance in education. (CAJ)

Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Policy, Equal Education, Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Learning Processes, Life Style, Secondary Education, Social Capital, Social Integration, Socialization

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Australia; Belgium; Canada; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Italy; Japan; Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; South Korea; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; United Kingdom; United States

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