World Yearbook of Education 2015: Elites, Privilege and Excellence: The National and Global Redefinition...

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Agnès van Zanten Stephen J. Ball (Institute of Education, University College London, UK)

World Yearbook of Education 2015

Elites, Privilege and Excellence: The National and Global Redefinition of Educational Advantage...

Agnès van Zanten, Stephen J. Ball (Institute of Education, University College London, UK), Brigitte Darchy-Koechlin

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Routledge
09 February 2015

Yearbooks, annuals, almanacs; Moral & social purpose of education; Educational strategies & policy

Series: World Yearbook of Education

This latest volume in the World Yearbook of Education Series focuses on educational elites and inequality, focusing particularly on the ways in which established and emergent groups located at the top of the social hierarchy and power structure reproduce, establish or redefine their position.

The volume is organized around three main issues:

analyzing the way in which parents, students and graduates in positions of social advantage use their assets and capitals in relation to educational strategies, and how these are different for old and new and cultural and economic elites;

studying how elite institutions have adapted their strategies to take into account changes in the social structure, in policy and in their institutional environment and exploring the impact of these strategies on educational systems at the national and global levels;

mapping the new global dynamics in elite education and how new forms of 'international education' and 'transnational cultural capital' as well as new global educational elite pathways shape elite students’ identities, status and trajectories.

Making use of a social and an institutional approach as well as a focus on practices and policies, the volume draws on research conducted on secondary schools and on higher education. In addition, the global contributions within the book allow for a comparison and contrast of situations in different countries. This results in a comprehensive picture of common processes and national differences concerning advantage and excellence and a thorough examination of the impact of globalization on the strategies, identities and trajectories of elite groups and individuals alongside more general cultural and economic processes.

Edited by: Agnès van Zanten, Stephen J. Ball (Institute of Education, University College London, UK), Brigitte Darchy-Koechlin
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 521g
ISBN: 9781138786424
ISBN 10: 113878642X
Series: World Yearbook of Education
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 09 February 2015
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Agnès van Zanten is Senior Research Professor at the Observatoire Sociologique du Changement at Sciences Po, Paris. Stephen J. Ball is Karl Mannheim Professor of Sociology of Education at the Institute of Education, University of London. Brigitte Darchy-Koechlin holds a PhD in sociology and works at the Department of Research Development, Innovation and Experimentation of the French Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Research.