Social Change and Education in Greece

A Study in Class Struggle Dynamics
2013. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-230-33822-7
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 275 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Reihe: Marxism and Education

Aims to inform students, scholars, and educators about the complex processes and factors that promote or impede education's potential to enhance individual advancement within the socioeconomic structure of a late-industrialized country within the context of modern capitalism.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Themelis, S.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I Social Stratification and Class Analysis Social Mobility: Types, Trends and Critique The Political Economy, Social Stratification and Class Formation in Postwar Greece Education, Social Mobility, and the Question Of Meritocracy PART II Contextualizing the Case Study Quantitative Aspects of Social Mobility Occupational Trajectories and Experiences of Mobility Educational Experiences and Pathways to Social Mobility Alternative Pathways to Social Mobility: The Role of Emigration, Marriage and Political Patronage Epilogue/Discussion Appendix 1: The Major Political, Economic and Social Events in Greece, 1936-2011 Appendix 2: The Register Appendix 3: Quantitative Data Analysis

Über Autor(innen)

Spyros Themelis is Lecturer in Education at Middlesex University, UK. His publications adopt a critical perspective on issues of education and meritocracy, social mobility, Roma/Gypsy/Travellers and minorities, and social and educational policy. He has published in various journals, including the British Journal of Sociology of Education, Journal of Youth Studies, Research in Comparative and International Education, and Romani Studies.