Parsons Children, Poverty and Education

The Misuse of Power and Wealth
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-4473-8024-5
Verlag: Policy Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Educational inequality is not an unfortunate inescapable by-product of poverty, but the predictable outcome of long-standing policy failure.

Moving beyond familiar reporting of deprivation, this book traces a causal chain from elite wealth preservation, political decision-making and weak fiscal enforcement through to under-resourced families and unequal educational outcomes. It draws on extensive analysis of governmental, international and charitable data, alongside scrutiny of the industries and organisations that sustain inequality, to expose how poverty is actively produced and, crucially, how it can be reduced.

Combining rigorous critique with cautious optimism, this timely book identifies the political, fiscal and educational pathways through which entrenched inequalities can finally be challenged.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Parsons, Carl

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1. The wonderful world of modern childhood

2. Neoliberal state education in the 21st century

3. Schools, opportunities, equalities and ‘levelling up’

4. Poverty rules: the parameters and persistence of inequality

5. Behind every great fortune

6. The elites make the rules

7. How inordinate levels of inequality are sustained – and can be reduced

8. The United Kingdom – humanity, morality and equality: the hope

Über Autor(innen)

Carl Parsons is Emeritus Professor of Education at Canterbury Christ Church University, where he was previously Head of Department of Educational Research.