▪ Abstract This essay traces the development of the research enterprise, known as the social
resources theory, which formulated and tested a number of propositions concerning the …

教育扩张可以为人们提供更多的教育机会, 但它能否使教育机会分配变得更加平等,
这一直是引发论争的问题. 1999-2002 年期间, 中国政府采取了大学扩招政策 …

In this paper we seek to provide an explanation of three widely documented empirical
phenomena. These are:(i) increasing educational participation rates;(ii) little change in class …

This article proposes a general explanation for social background-related inequality.
Educational attainment research indicates that the later an education transition, the lower …

There has been renewed policy interest in intergenerational social mobility as a route to a
fairer society, but in ignoring the sociological evidence this article will argue that the current …

In this article, the authors report on their research on which aspects of parentalcultural
resources affect educational attainment and distinguish between parentalbeaux arts …

In their widely cited study, Shavit and Blossfeld report stability of socioeconomic inequalities
in educational attainment over much of the 20th century in 11 out of 13 countries. This article …

Then, in my summary and conclusions, I will draw a general outline of the possible
normative conceptions of equity in education and try to show their implications for the choice …

Using data for seven European countries we analyse trends among women in class
differences in educational attainment over the first two-thirds of the 20th century. We also …

Empirical studies on cultural capital have never fully operationalized the concept using
indicators of all three states distinguished by Bourdieu, ie, institutionalized, embodied and …