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van Zanten, Agnès; Maxwell, Claire – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2015
Employing a Weberian understanding of the centrality of a strong bureaucracy in the modern nation-state, this article examines the relationship between the state and elite education in France. Through a historical analysis and an examination of two current issues facing education--widening participation and pressures to internationalise--we…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Selective Admission, Correlation, Government School Relationship