Gordon White, Jude Howell, and Shang Xiaoyuan
- Published in print:
- 1996
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198289562
- eISBN:
- 9780191684739
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198289562.003.0005
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, South and East Asia
This chapter presents an overview of the emergence and character of the new social organizations. It describes the policies and regulations that have conditioned their emergence at both national and ...
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This chapter presents an overview of the emergence and character of the new social organizations. It describes the policies and regulations that have conditioned their emergence at both national and local levels, distinguishes the various types of association, and explains the differences between national and local-level organizations. The chapter provides detailed case-studies of various types of associations, examines the different functions of these new organizations, and explores how their operation reflects different sets of motives on the part of both state agencies and socio-economic groups. It concludes by identifying their distinctive character as ‘hybrid’ or ‘dualist’ institutions, which are closer to a corporatist notion of associational behaviour than one based on the idea of ‘civil society’.Less
This chapter presents an overview of the emergence and character of the new social organizations. It describes the policies and regulations that have conditioned their emergence at both national and local levels, distinguishes the various types of association, and explains the differences between national and local-level organizations. The chapter provides detailed case-studies of various types of associations, examines the different functions of these new organizations, and explores how their operation reflects different sets of motives on the part of both state agencies and socio-economic groups. It concludes by identifying their distinctive character as ‘hybrid’ or ‘dualist’ institutions, which are closer to a corporatist notion of associational behaviour than one based on the idea of ‘civil society’.
Michelle Jackson (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780804783026
- eISBN:
- 9780804784481
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.11126/stanford/9780804783026.001.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Stratification, Inequality, and Mobility
In many countries, concern about socio-economic inequalities in educational attainment has focused on inequalities in test scores and grades. The presumption has been that the best way to reduce ...
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In many countries, concern about socio-economic inequalities in educational attainment has focused on inequalities in test scores and grades. The presumption has been that the best way to reduce inequalities in educational outcomes is to reduce inequalities in performance, but is this presumption correct? This book offers a comprehensive cross-national examination of the roles of performance and choice in generating inequalities in educational attainment. It combines in-depth studies by country specialists, with chapters discussing general empirical, methodological, and theoretical aspects of educational inequality. The aim is to investigate the extent to which inequalities in educational attainment can be attributed to differences in academic performance between socio-economic groups, and how far they can be attributed to differences in the choices made by students from these groups. The contributors focus predominantly on inequalities related to parental class and parental education.Less
In many countries, concern about socio-economic inequalities in educational attainment has focused on inequalities in test scores and grades. The presumption has been that the best way to reduce inequalities in educational outcomes is to reduce inequalities in performance, but is this presumption correct? This book offers a comprehensive cross-national examination of the roles of performance and choice in generating inequalities in educational attainment. It combines in-depth studies by country specialists, with chapters discussing general empirical, methodological, and theoretical aspects of educational inequality. The aim is to investigate the extent to which inequalities in educational attainment can be attributed to differences in academic performance between socio-economic groups, and how far they can be attributed to differences in the choices made by students from these groups. The contributors focus predominantly on inequalities related to parental class and parental education.
