TY - BOOK ID - 63710999 TI - Inequality across societies AU - Hannum, Emily AU - Fuller, Bruce AU - Baker, David AU - Werum, Regina E PY - 2009 SN - 0762310618 1849502412 9786611016166 1281016160 0080473032 9781849502412 9780080473031 9780762310616 9781281016164 6611016163 PB - Bingley Emerald Group Publishing Limited DB - UniCat KW - Educational equalization KW - Educational sociology KW - Income distribution KW - Social stratification KW - #SBIB:316.334.1O340 KW - 316.34 KW - 316.34 Sociale differentiatie. Sociale typologie. Sociale stratificatie KW - Sociale differentiatie. Sociale typologie. Sociale stratificatie KW - Stratification, Social KW - Equality KW - Social structure KW - Social classes KW - Distribution of income KW - Income inequality KW - Inequality of income KW - Distribution (Economic theory) KW - Disposable income KW - Education and sociology KW - Social problems in education KW - Society and education KW - Sociology, Educational KW - Sociology KW - Education KW - Onderwijs en sociale verandering, onderwijs en samenleving KW - Aims and objectives KW - Educational sociology. KW - Social stratification. KW - Educational equalization. KW - Income distribution. KW - Education. KW - Social discrimination. KW - Social Science KW - General. KW - Popular Culture. KW - Educational equality KW - Educational equity KW - Educational inequality KW - Equal education KW - Equal educational opportunity KW - Equality of education KW - Equalization, Educational KW - Equity, Educational KW - Inequality, Educational KW - Opportunity, Equal educational KW - Affirmative action programs in education UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:63710999 AB - 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. ER -