Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

Education, Occupation and Social Origin

A Comparative Analysis of the Transmission of Socio-Economic Inequalities

Av Fabrizio Bernardi, Gabrielle Ballarino

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Education, Occupation and Social Origin is a must-read book for anyone even faintly interested in social inequality. Comparing across many cohorts in 14 nations, the disheartening conclusion that here emerges is the lack of any genuine equalization of life chances. Advantage breeds advantage and, alas, educational expansion has not proven to be the great social leveler. This volume delivers the most up-to-date evidence, and it does it with scientific rigor and bravura. From the first to the last page this is world-class scholarship that will define our research agenda for many years to come.'- Gosta Esping-Andersen, Pompeu Fabra University, SpainQuestioning the assumption that education is the 'great social equalizer', this book takes a comparative approach to the Social Origin-Education-Destination triangle by examining advantage in 14 different countries, including case studies from Europe, Israel, the USA, Russia and Japan.Contributions from leading experts examine the relation between family background, education and occupational achievement over time and across educational levels, focussing on the relationship between individuals' social origins and their income and occupational outcomes. Providing new theoretical insights, this book eloquently analyses a variety of barriers to social mobility. Using concepts of compensatory and boosting advantage to explain the intergenerational transmission of social inequality, it refutes the notion of contemporary societies as education-based and meritocratic, showing that in most of the countries studied there is no sign of decreasing intergenerational association, despite the expansion of education.With its multitude of pertinent case studies, Education, Occupation and Social Origin will be of interest to academics and students of social policy as well as those interested in social inequalities and their evolution over time. It will also be a useful reference for governmental policy makers in the wake of the current economic crisis.Contributors: S. Arita, G. Ballarino, E. Bar Haim, C. Barone, F. Bernardi, A. Bessudnov, E. Bihagen, C. Blank, M. Bouchet-Valat, M. Grätz, J. Härkönen, T. Keller, F. Laganà, A. Mastekaasa, N. Panichella, C. Peugny, R. Pollack, P. Róbert, Y. Sato, Y. Shavit, J. Tolsma, F. Torche, L.-A. Vallet, L. Vandecasteele, M.H.J. Wolbers

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Utgivningsdatum: 2016-04-29
Mått: 156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format: Inbunden
Språk: Engelska
Förlag: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 9781785360442

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Edited by Fabrizio Bernardi, Department of Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute and Gabriele Ballarino, Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Milan, Italy

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'In Education, Occupation and Social Origin: A Comparative Analysis of the Transmission of Socio-Economic Inequalities, sociologists Fabrizio Bernardi and Gabriele Ballarino probe the education-based meritocracy (EBM) theory where education becomes the social equalizer. This idea has long permeated different circles but this comparative study takes a look at the social origin - education - outcome triangle and sets out to better understand the ''intergenerational transmission of advantage'' in fourteen developed counties. . . . Bernardi and Ballarino have done a fine job expanding the conversation with regards to Horace Mann s age-old saying that education is the great equalizer. This book has a thought provoking and relevant thesis . . . I do recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in learning more about education policy, social educational inequalities, and the history of social mobility. While this book is clearly meant for an academic audience, its message could and should strike a chord with a general readership.'--Matthew Campbell, International Social Science Review 'Is education the great social equalizer - do individuals with similar levels of education have equal life-chances, especially in labour markets and workplaces? It is widely supposed that in modern societies this is the case. But the research papers brought together in this outstanding collection, and the editors' penetrating commentaries, call the conventional wisdom into serious doubt. Essential reading for all social scientists and for anyone interested in the leading social policy and political issues of the present day.'--John Goldthorpe, Nuffield College, Oxford'All in all, Bernardi and Ballarino's book is highly recommended. It achieves what they set out to do, lls a gap in the literature on intergenerational socio-economic association among individuals with the same level of schooling and expands our understanding of the intergenerational transmission of advan-tage. The arguments presented in this book act as a source of reference for an academic audience and public policymakers focused on education initiatives. The clarity of its analysis will benefit students and the general readership alike.'--Progress in Development Studies

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