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Record Nr.

UNINA9910337754403321

Autore

Hoskins Bryony

Titolo

Education, Democracy and Inequality : Political Engagement and Citizenship Education in Europe / / by Bryony Hoskins, Jan Germen Janmaat

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIV, 242 p. 24 illus.)

Collana

Education, Economy and Society

Disciplina

306.43

Soggetti

Educational sociology

Democracy

International education 

Comparative education

Educational sociology 

Education and sociology

Social structure

Equality

Sociology of Education

International and Comparative Education

Social Structure, Social Inequality

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

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 .

Sommario/riassunto

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.