Education, Democracy and Inequality: Political Engagement and Citizenship Education in Europe

by Jan Germen Janmaat and Bryony Hoskins

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137489758
• ISBN13: 9781137489753
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"