Inequality Across Societies: Families, Schools and Persisting Stratification

by Patricia Baker

Most societies place great faith in the modern school's power to offer children a more prosperous future, from better jobs to wider social opportunities. In turn, political leaders around the world push to expand western forms of schooling, creating more slots for children, from preschool through university levels. Yet despite this remarkable institutional change, are societies becoming equitable, especially for those groups living on the margins...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0762310618
• ISBN13: 9780762310616
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Jai Press Inc.
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"