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Inequality Across Societies

Inequality Across Societies

Patricia Baker

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Emerald Publishing Ltd
Año de edición:
2003
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Cultura popular
ISBN:
9780762310616

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Why has schooling failed to deliver on its promise of reducing economic and social disparities? This volume addresses this and other questions, taking the reader into a variety of nations and cultural settings. It illuminates how schools can reduce or reinforce the layered stratification of society, even in nations with non-western traditions.

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