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Title
Education, Democracy and Inequality : Political Engagement and Citizenship Education in Europe / by Bryony Hoskins, Jan Germen Janmaat.
ISBN
9781137489760 (electronic book)
1137489766 (electronic book)
9781137489753
1137489758
Published
London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiv, 242 p.) : illustrations.
Call Number
LC71
Dewey Decimal Classification
306.43
Summary
This book posits that national education systems are enhancing socioeconomic inequalities in political engagement. While the democratic ideal is social equality in political engagement, the authors demonstrate that the English education system is recreating and enhancing entrenched democratic inequalities. In Europe, the UK has the strongest correlation between social background and voting behaviours. Examining the role of the school and the education system in the potential reproduction of these inequalities, the authors draw upon the theories of Bourdieu and Bernstein and compare the English school system to other European countries to analyse barriers that are put along the way to political engagement. In times of political disaffection, frustration and polarisation, it is particularly important to uncover why young people from disadvantaged backgrounds are less likely to engage politically, and to help inspire future generations to use their voice. This timely book will be of interest and value to students and scholars of educational inequality and political engagement.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Series
Education, economy and society.
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Print version: 9781137489753
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Learning political engagement
Chapter 3. Access to forms of political learning
Chapter 4. Social gaps in forms of learning and political engagement: 11-16 year olds in England
Chapter 5. England in a comparative light: lower secondary
Chapter 6. Learning political engagement in further and higher education in England
Chapter 7. The Influence of Post-16 Education on Political Engagement: England Compared to Other States
Chapter 8. Conclusions and implications for policy and practice.
