ERIC Number: EJ753796
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Jan
Pages: 20
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Middle Class Education Strategies and Residential Segregation in Athens
Maloutas, Thomas
Journal of Education Policy, v22 n1 p49-68 Jan 2007
This paper uses census data to investigate educational inequality in different types of residential areas in Athens, focusing on drop-out rates from secondary education, access to higher education and to particular degrees within it. The unequal socio-spatial distribution of educational attainment is linked to antagonistic middle class education strategies centred on school choice. Different forms of such strategies are identified broadly corresponding to different groups within the middle class hierarchy. Each form of school choice strategy has a particular relation to residential segregation. The latter is growing as a result, but under various forms and spatial scales that sometimes challenge the usual assumptions for the evaluation of neighbourhood effects. (Contains 1 table, 6 figures, and 2 notes.)
Descriptors: Middle Class, Equal Education, Residential Patterns, School Choice, Educational Attainment, Foreign Countries, Educational Discrimination, Dropout Rate, Secondary School Students, Access to Education, College Bound Students, Socioeconomic Influences, Social Bias, Place of Residence, Social Mobility, Urban Areas, Suburban Schools
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Greece (Athens)
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