Maximally Maintained Inequality: Expansion, Reform, and Opportunity in Irish Education, 1921-75
1993/01/01 by Adrian E. Raftery, Michael Hout · 20 citations
Social Sciences · Medicine · #Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies #Birth, Development, and Health
paper · doi:10.2307/2112784
Abstract
Secondary education in Ireland has expanded steadily in the 20th century, with a big surge in the late 1960s. The AA. analyze the changes in the effect of social origin on educational transitions for the 1908-56 birth cohorts. Results show that overall class differences in educational attainment declined, but class barriers were not removed ; they simply became less consequential because the educational system expanded to the point where it could afford to be less selective. The results lead to the hypothesis of maximally maintained inequality and an explanation of it in terms of rational choice.
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