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Green Andy, Preston John & Janmaat Jan Germen (2006). Education, equality and social cohesion : A Comparative Analysis. New-York : Palgrave MacMillan.
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Resource type: Book BibTeX citation key: Green2006 ![]() |
Categories: General Keywords: justice Creators: Green, Janmaat, Preston Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan (New-York) |
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Abstract |
"The first fully comparative empirical analysis of the relationship between education and social cohesion, this book develops a new "distributional theory" of the effects of educational inequality on social solidarity. Based on a wide-ranging theoretical critique, and extensive analysis of data on inequality and social attitudes for over 25 developed countries, the study shows how educational inequality undermines social trust, civic co-operation and the rule of law. It is not how much education a country has that matters for social cohesion but how it is distributed and the co-operative values that people learn."
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