Diverging Pathways - Social Structure and Career Deflections

Zusammenfassung Diverging Pathways follows the careers of a British birth cohort into early adulthood! revealing how the social arrangements of society's institutions can affect achievement patterns. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of tables and figures; Foreword James S. Coleman; Preface; 1. Institutional structure and achievement; 2. Tracing a British birth cohort; 3. Elementary school: the opening wedge; 4. Secondary school: increased dispersion; 5. Alternative pathways after secondary school; 6. Randomization and consolidation in the labour force; 7. Structural linkages, careers and career lines; 8. The cumulative effects of structure; 9. Structural differentiation: necessary evil or policy instrument?; Appendix: description of variables; Notes; References; Subject index.

Product details

• Authors: Kerckhoff Alan C., Alan C. Kerckhoff, Alan C. (Duke University Kerckhoff, Kerckhoff Alan C.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.06.1993
• EAN: 9780521433976
• ISBN: 978-0-521-43397-6
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; EDUCATION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Age groups: children, Sociology and anthropology