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Education, Equity and Social Cohesion : A Distributional Model [Wider Benefits of Learning Research Report No. 7]

Green, A; Preston, J; Sabates, R; (2003) Education, Equity and Social Cohesion : A Distributional Model [Wider Benefits of Learning Research Report No. 7]. Centre for Research on the Wider Benefits of Learning, Institute of Education, University of London: London. Green open access

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Abstract

This report - the first from the Centre?s comparative strand of research - focuses on the effects of education on social cohesion at the societal level. The research involved two elements. The first was a theoretical analysis and critique of models in the existing international and comparative literature on education, social capital and social cohesion. This led to the development of a new hypothetical model relating skills distribution to social cohesion. The second part of the research used cross-national, quantitative techniques to test the model on aggregated data for 15 countries. The analysis suggests that educational distribution may be a very significant influence on societal cohesion in certain contexts. Improving levels of education alone may not foster social solidarity if inequalities of skill and income persist. The findings here have important policy implications. Existing policies focus on developing the individual resources and competences which will help to build social capital and community cohesion. However, these will not necessarily impact on cohesion at the societal level. Creating a more cohesive society is likely to require policies that are also designed to increase equality through narrowing educational outcomes.

Type: Report
Title: Education, Equity and Social Cohesion : A Distributional Model [Wider Benefits of Learning Research Report No. 7]
ISBN: 1898453381
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Education, Practice and Society
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1545919
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