World Yearbook of Education 2015

Taylor & Francis

World Yearbook of Education 2015Elites, Privilege and Excellence: The National and Global Redefinition of Educational Advantage\nAuthor(s): Agns van Zanten, Stephen J. Ball, Brigitte Darchy-Koechlin\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138786424, 978-1138786424\nSynopsis\nThis 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. \n\nThe volume is organized around three main issues:\n\nanalyzing 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;\n\nstudying how elite institutions have adapted their strategies to.