Education, Occupation and Social Origin
Education, Occupation and Social Origin

Author: Fabrizio Bernardi

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781785360442

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This innovative book takes a comparative approach to the social origin-education-destination triangle (OED), looking at the intergenerational transmission of advantage in 14 countries. The intention is to debate the claim that education is the 'great social equalizer'. The contributors examine the relation between family background, education and occupational achievement over time and across educational levels, focusing on the relationship between individuals' social origins and their income and occupational outcomes. It will be of interest to academics and students of social policy and those interested in social inequalities and their reproduction over time.

Education, Occupation and Social Origin
Education, Occupation and Social Origin

Author: Fabrizio Bernardi

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2016-04-29

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1785360450

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Questioning 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, focusing on the relationship between individuals’ social origins and their income and occupational outcomes. Providing new theoretical insights, this book eloquently analyzes 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 policymakers in the wake of the current economic crisis.

Education, Social Background and Cognitive Ability
Education, Social Background and Cognitive Ability

Author: Gary N. Marks

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-23

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1135017867

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Are socioeconomic inequalities in education declining? Is socioeconomic background becoming less important for people’s occupational class or status? How important is cognitive ability for education and later occupational outcomes? How do countries differ in the importance of socioeconomic background for education and work? Gary N. Marks argues that in western industrialized countries, pervasive views that socioeconomic background (or class background) has strong and unchanging relationships with education and later socioeconomic outcomes, resistant to policy and social change, are unfounded. Marks provides a large amount of evidence from many countries showing that the influence of socioeconomic background for education is moderate and most often declining, and socioeconomic background has only very weak impacts on adults’ occupation and earnings after taking into account education and cognitive ability. Furthermore, Marks shows that cognitive ability is a more powerful influence than socioeconomic background for educational outcomes, and that in addition to its indirect effects through education has a direct effect on occupation and earnings. Its effects cannot be dismissed as simply another aspect of socioeconomic background, nor do the usual criticisms of ‘cognitive ability’ apply. The declining effects for socioeconomic background and the importance of cognitive ability support several of the contentions of modernization theory. The book contributes to a variety of debates within sociology: quantitative and qualitative approaches, explanatory and non-explanatory theory, the relationship between theory and empirical research, the role of political ideology in research, sociology as a social science, and sociology’s contribution to knowledge about contemporary societies. It will appeal to professionals in the fields of education and sociology as well as postgraduate students and academics involved in the debate.

Social Mobility and Education in Britain
Social Mobility and Education in Britain

Author: Erzsébet Bukodi

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-12-13

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 110867237X

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Building upon extensive research into modern British society, this book traces out trends in social mobility and their relation to educational inequalities, with surprising results. Contrary to what is widely supposed, Bukodi and Goldthorpe's findings show there has been no overall decline in social mobility – though downward mobility is tending to rise and upward mobility to fall - and Britain is not a distinctively low mobility society. However, the inequalities of mobility chances among individuals, in relation to their social origins, have not been reduced and remain in some respects extreme. Exposing the widespread misconceptions that prevail in political and policy circles, this book shows that educational policy alone cannot break the link between inequality of condition and inequality of opportunity. It will appeal to students, researchers, policy makers, and anyone interested in the issues surrounding social inequality, social mobility and education.

Determined to Succeed?
Determined to Succeed?

Author: Michelle Jackson

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 2013-01-23

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 0804784485

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In many countries, concern about socio-economic inequalities in educational attainment has focused on inequalities in test scores and grades. The presumption has been that the best way to reduce inequalities in educational outcomes is to reduce inequalities in performance. But is this presumption correct? Determined to Succeed? is the first book to offer a comprehensive cross-national examination of the roles of performance and choice in generating inequalities in educational attainment. It combines in-depth studies by country specialists with chapters discussing more general empirical, methodological, and theoretical aspects of educational inequality. The aim is to investigate to what extent inequalities in educational attainment can be attributed to differences in academic performance between socio-economic groups, and to what extent they can be attributed to differences in the choices made by students from these groups. The contributors focus predominantly on inequalities related to parental class and parental education.

Creation and Returns of Social Capital
Creation and Returns of Social Capital

Author: Henk Flap

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-08-02

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1134495153

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The idea of a social capital research program has become increasingly significant within the social sciences. This collection of essays considers integration and standardization of measurement instruments and research on social capital.

Can Education Be Equalized?
Can Education Be Equalized?

Author: Robert Erikson

Publisher: Westview Press

Published: 1996-03-28

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13:

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Examines relationship between social origin, gender, and educational attainment, and examines why class differences in educational opportunities have decreased in Sweden over time in comparison to experiences of the US, Great Britain, Germany and other European nations.

The Risk of Downward Mobility in Educational Attainment
The Risk of Downward Mobility in Educational Attainment

Author: Sophie Hahn

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-07-27

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 3658145986

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Sophie Hahn analyses downward mobility in educational attainment from a sociological life-course perspective. In order to avoid status loss children of higher-educated parents have to persevere through long educational careers. How large is their risk of intergenerational downward mobility in educational attainment and how does it shape their educational pathways? Does their parents’ education still play a role in decisions at late stages of the educational career such as dropping out of and re-entering higher education? Drawing on retrospective longitudinal data of the German National Education Panel Study (NEPS) this book addresses these questions.

Leisure, Lifestyle and the New Middle Class
Leisure, Lifestyle and the New Middle Class

Author: Derek Wynne

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-01-22

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 1134956517

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In this valuable study, conducted within the theoretical context associated with the work of Pierre Bourdieu, Derek Wynne looks at how the 'new middle class' of the late twentieth century goes about constructing and defending its social identity.