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Shorts insights
Policy Press shorts. Insights. ^A1344310
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| Contents |
BETRAYING A GENERATION; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Outline of the book; ONE. From jobs without education to education without jobs; The welfare state settlement; A golden age?; Limited absolute upward social mobility; Rising youth unemployment; From industrial economy to 'knowledge' economy; 'Education, education, education ... '; And more education ... ; Summary; TWO. New times; Fordism, post-Fordism or neo-Fordism?; Fungible labour in a 'knowledge economy'; 'Lovely jobs' and 'lousy jobs'; Under-skilled or over-qualified?; The self-employed society; Restructuring the labour market. |
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And a new youth politics education in the 'second machine age'; A good general education for everybody; Socially useful education; A crisis for youth, not a skills crisis; Conclusion; References; Index. |
| Abstract |
Ainley explains how English education is now driven by the economy and politics, having failed to deliver upward social mobility and a brighter future. Concludes with suggestions for positive change. |
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THREE. Class structure in the 21st century; Pyramid or diamond?; Or an hourglass with a squeezed middle?; Instead, the class structure goes 'pear-shaped'; So farewell to the middle class?; Or farewell to the working class and hello to the precariat?; Summary; FOUR. RUNNING UP A DOWN-ESCALATOR; The new student experience; 'Independent state schools'; Opportunities to be unequal; Redrawing the academic and vocational divide; Selection and differentiation; Aiming higher?; Student or 'apprentice'?; Summary; FIVE. A new politics of education; Towards a democratic professionalism. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Ainley, Patrick. Betraying a generation. Bristol : Policy Press, 2016 9781447332114 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9781447332138 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 144733213X (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 9781447332145 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 1447332148 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 9781447332121 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 1447332121 (electronic bk.) |
| Stock number | 913517 MIL |
| Stock number | 22573/ctt1t6zbfz JSTOR |
