Engines of Privilege: Britain's Private School Problem
David Kynaston, Francis Green
ISBN 10: 1526601273 ISBN 13: 9781526601278
Editorial: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019
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'Thoroughly researched and written with such calm authority, yet makes you want to scream with righteous indignation' John O'Farrell
'We can expect the manifesto-writers at the next general election to pass magpie-like over these chapters ... The appeal to act is heartfelt' Financial Times
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Includes a new chapter, 'Moving Ahead?'
Britain's private, fee-paying schools are institutions where children from affluent families have their privileges further entrenched through a high-quality, richly-resourced education. Engines of Privilege contends that, in a society that mouths the virtues of equality of opportunity, of fairness and of social cohesion, the educational apartheid separating private schools from our state schools deploys our national educational resources unfairly; blocks social mobility; reproduces privilege down the generations; and underpins a damaging democratic deficit in our society.
Francis Green and David Kynaston carefully examine options for change, while drawing on the valuable lessons of history. Clear, vigorous prose is combined with forensic analysis to powerful effect, illuminating the painful contrast between the importance of private schools in British society and the near-absence of serious, policy-shaping debate.
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'An excoriating account of the inequalities perpetuated by Britain's love affair with private schools' The Times
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David Kynaston was born in Aldershot in 1951. He holds a degree from the University of Oxford and a PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He is the author of Austerity Britain, 1945-51; Family Britain, 1951-57; Modernity Britain 1957-1962; On the Cusp; Days of '62; and A Northern Wind: Britain 1962-65, all volumes in a series covering the history of post-war Britain (1945-79) under the collective title 'Tales of a New Jerusalem'. Till Time's Last Sand: A History of the Bank of England, 1694-2013 was published in 2017. He is also author of Arlott, Swanton and the Soul of English Cricket, co-authored with Stephen Fay, Engines of Privilege, co-authored with Francis Green, Shots in the Dark, an account of the 2016/17 season of David's football team, Aldershot and Richie Benaud's Blue Suede Shoes: The Story of an Ashes Classic co-authored with Harry Ricketts.
Francis Green is Professor of Work and Education Economics at the UCL Institute of Education. He is the author of ten books and 150 papers, and is a recognised authority on the economic and social effects of private schooling in the past and present. He also works as an occasional adviser to the European Foundation for Living and Working Conditions, the OECD and the World Bank.
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Título: Engines of Privilege: Britain's Private ...
Editorial: Bloomsbury Publishing
Año de publicación: 2019
Encuadernación: Paperback
Condición: Very Good