Search results for "Social Mobility"
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Social Inequalities in French Secondary Schools : From Figures to Theories
1996
In spite of the unified type of junior secondary school (the "college") implemented in France since 1975, significant social inequalities of school careers can be observed today. A specific longitudinal study sheds some light on the variety of mechanisms which generate these social inequalities. Difference in academic progress is one mechanism, but parents' strategies are also important. Finally, another aspect of social inequality arises from the school attended, some schools being more selective at the streaming points, these "school effects' being related to the social characteristics of the pupils of the catchment area. All these facts and figures have some relevance with regard to diff…
Social Capital, Well-Being and Municipality: Salaspils Municipality (Latvia) Case
2016
Abstract During the last three decades, social capital has gained prominence throughout the social sciences. The concepts has been analysed in various manners (from perspectives of economics, political sciences, sociology, anthropology etc.) providing wide range of theoretical conceptualizations. The aim of paper is to analyse the relation of social capital and possibility to improve the well-being of the municipality’s citizens using co-responsibility approach. In order to achieve the aim, the tasks are formulated as follows: 1) to review theoretical background for concept of social capital and subjective well-being, 2) to analyse the factors of social capital at local level, and 3) to use…
Rethinking Social Mobility : The Social Background and Career of Students from the "Vyborg Nation", 1833-1899
2019
Social Inequality in French Education : Extent and Complexity of the Issues
2007
Educational inequality is a matter of acute concern in France as it is in most democratic countries. We rely on schools to assess the skill levels of all students and on this basis to guide them into employment in a way which is impartial and independent of their social origins. However, since the end of the 1960s, French sociology has very cogently denounced sharp and persistent inequalities both in access to different levels of education and in academic success understood more narrowly. This critique took the form of a general theory, presented by Bourdieu and Passeron in 1970 in Reproduction, which made social inequalities a necessary outcome of the way in which school systems worked.
Incertitudes et effets pervers de l'inflation scolaire
2006
06044http://ep.inrp.fr/EP/colloques/colloque_repenser_justice/communication_marie_duru_bellat/view; La méritocratie s'impose comme la seule voie à la fois juste et efficace de répartir les places (inégales) dans les sociétés démocratiques. Dès lors que la méritocratie fait l'objet d'une forte valorisation, et qu'on place toute confiance en l'école pour la faire advenir, tout développement de l'éducation ne peut aller que dans le sens du progrès : C'est un vecteur de réduction des inégalités sociales et d'accroissement de la mobilité sociale, les effets économiques et sociaux plus généraux en sont forcément positifs. Est-ce si sûr ? Sans balayer ici toutes ces questions, on pointera quelques…
La méritocratie scolaire, une idéologie partagée ?
2006
06049; Au sein du domaine assez nourri des travaux sur les sentiments de justice (Kellerhals et al, 1997 ; Dubet, 2005), la recherche présentée ici se centre sur l'intériorisation du principe de mérite et sur la légitimité de l'assimilation entre mérite et mérite scolaire. Il s'agit de tester l'hypothèse émise dans le cadre des théories de la reproduction selon laquelle l'école joue en ce domaine, avec entre autres conséquences que l'intériorisation de la méritocratie scolaire doit être sensible au niveau d'instruction. Dans ce volet qualitatif, on se fonde sur l'analyse de cent entretiens auprès d'adultes tout-venant. L'intériorisation de la méritocratie scolaire est appréhendée par des qu…
El lujo cambiante. El vestido y la difusión de las modas en la Corona de Aragón (siglos XIII-XV)
2015
La apariencia física de las persona era ya en la Baja Edad Media el primer indicativo de su condición social, pero en un período mucho más urbanizado e interconectado que los anteriores, el refinamiento de la indumentaria se convirtió en un hecho con unas connotaciones económicas, políticas y culturales de gran calado. El mismo incremento de la movilidad social llevó además a que no bastara con invertir grandes sumas en la propia imagen, sino que fuera necesario estar atento a los cambios de eso que llamamos “moda”, cuyos orígenes se suelen situar en estos momentos en los que las clases dominantes tradicionales buscaban nuevos elementos de diferenciación frente a los advenedizos. Todo ello …
Un teatro para la nueva población urbana: los resortes de la cultura masiva en "La viuda valenciana" de Lope de Vega
2012
The article analyzes The valencian widow (Lope de Vega) in the context of changing conceptions of spectacle at the end of XVIth century and the beginning of XVIIth. The author focus on the relationship between main features of new urban population and the emergency of mass culture dynamics. Theatre played a key role in that emergent mass culture, giving sense and including in coherent plots some preoccupations and fears of that urban population, such as social mobility, ambiguity of gender roles or subjective disorientation. El artículo analiza el texto de La viuda valenciana, de Lope de Vega, en el contexto de la redefinición de la función del espectáculo a finales del siglo XVI y principi…
Educational Inequalities and Their Impact on Social Mobility of the second generation: A Comparison of North Africans in France and the Second Genera…
2013
International audience; This paper aims to compare the educational outcomes of children of immigrants in France and in the US to understand the educational inequalities and opportunities for social mobility for the second generation in both countries. The comparison is focused on children from two groups: North Africans in France and Mexicans in the US. By using two longitudinal datasets, the French Educational Panel Survey and Add Health, we examine aspirations, expectations and attainment in secondary education in the two contexts. We explore in particular the role of parental education on attainment. We also utilize in-depth interviews to understand their educational experiences and thei…
Macrosocial determinants of social integration: Social class and area effect
1995
Theory and research on social support have paid little attention to the existence of important macrosocial variables determining level and content of social relationships. This study examines variations in social integration as a function of social class and residential area characteristics. Results for 234 subjects living in high and low risk neighbourhoods indicated that differences between higher and lower social class groups follow different patterns in different residential areas. Also, same social class position appeared to have different significance as a function of residential area characteristics. The levels of three social integration measures—community integration and satisfacti…