Contents.- List of tables.- List of figures.- List of contributors.- Acknowledgements.- School dropout and completion: an international perspective.- Stephen Lamb and Eifred Markussen.- PART 1: STRUCTURES AND PATHWAYS.- Pathways to school completion: an international comparison an international comparison.- Stephen Lamb.- PART 2: CASE STUDIES.- Introduction to the European education systems.- Stephen Lamb.- The question of school dropout: a French...