The Crisis of the Meritocracy: Britain's Transition to Mass Education Since the Second World War
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Before the Second World War, only about 20% of the population went to secondary school and barely 2% to university; today everyone goes to secondary school and half of all young people go to university. How did we get here from there? The Crisis of the Meritocracy answers this question not by looking to politicians and educational reforms, but to the revolution in attitudes and expectations amongst the post-war British public - the rights guaranteed...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0198840144
ISBN13:9780198840145
Release Date:November 2020
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:384 Pages
Weight:1.40 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 5.9" x 9.3"
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