Unequal Attainments: Ethnic educational inequalities in ten Western countries
Résumé
The book provides a comprehensive and authoritative study of the patterns of ethnic educational inequality among the 'second generation' (that is of the children of migrants born in the country of destination) in secondary schools and higher education in ten western countries - Belgium, Britain, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the USA. These are countries which have become increasingly diverse in recent years and which provide a range of educational systems, immigration rules, and integration policies. The experience of the second generation, who have been born and educated in the countries of destination, is widely seen as being a crucial test of whether western liberal democracies live up to their professed ideals of fairness and meritocracy. Education is likely to be crucial for the future integration of ethnic minorities, with important implications for social cohesion. The book investigates the educational careers of the second-generation groups using large-scale national datasets and harmonised analyses of outcomes in order to identify patterns of success and failure in education and the mechanisms underlying such inequalities.
Mots clés
ethnic educational inequality
second generation
secondary school
higher education
Belgium
Britain
Canada
Finland
France
Germany
Netherlands
Sweden
Switzerland
USA
educational system
immigration rule
integration policy
integration
ethnic minorities
social cohesion
educational careers
success
failure
education