Expansion And Structural Change - Couverture souple

Windolf, Paul

 
9780813366630: Expansion And Structural Change
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0813366631 ISBN 13 : 9780813366630
Editeur : Routledge, 1998

Synopsis

As a central institution that ensures equality of opportunity and social justice, the university is the most important channel of social mobility in modern societies. Over the past century, universities have assumed an important role in the political and cultural emancipation of women, minorities, and the lower socioeconomic classes. This expansion in educational institutions was not an isolated event in the years after the World War II, but rather a phase in a longer, secular process of modernization which started in the late nineteenth century and continues up to the present day.Expansion and Structural Change explores this development, focusing on the social background of students and the institutional transformation of higher education in several countries. Who have been the beneficiaries of this remarkable process of educational expansion? Has it made Western society more open, mobile, and democratic? These questions are analyzed from a historical perspective which takes into account the institutional change of universities during this century.Based on archival data for the United States, Germany, Japan, France, and Italy, this study combines both comparative and historical perspectives. It documents the political struggle of different social groups for access to univeristies, as well as the meritocratic selection for higher status positions. This work will be an indispensable reference for anyone searching for a comparative and historical analysis of higher education in the most advanced countries.

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À propos de l?auteur

Paul Windolf is professor in the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Trier, Germany.

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
1998
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0813366631
ISBN 13 
9780813366630
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
296
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780813390086: Expansion And Structural Change: Higher Education In Germany, The United States, And Japan, 1870-1990

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0813390087 ISBN 13 :  9780813390086
Editeur : Westview Press, 1997
Couverture rigide