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This book traces national policies behind the efforts of integrating education systems in Europe. In some regions of Europe, such as the Nordic countries, a high level of social integration was achieved by introducing radical comprehensive education systems. By contrast, in countries such as Germany and England, comprehensive education either failed almost completely, or was only partially implemented. Based on a wide-ranging historical analysis, this book offers the first fully comparative explanation of the divergent development of comprehensive education in Europe.
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Education and Social Integration
SECONDARY EDUCATION IN A CHANGING WORLD Series editors: Barry M. Franklin and Gary McCulloch Published by Palgrave Macmillan: The Comprehensive Public High School: Historical Perspectives By Geoffrey Sherington and Craig Campbell (2006) Cyril Norwood and the Ideal of Secondary Education By Gary McCulloch (2007) The Death of the Comprehensive High School?: Historical, Contemporary, and Comparative Perspectives Edited by Barry M. Franklin and Gary McCulloch (2007) The Emergence of Holocaust Education in American Schools By Thomas D. Fallace (2008) The Standardization of American Schooling: Linking Secondary and Higher Education, 1870–1910 By Marc A. VanOverbeke (2008) Education and Social Integration: Comprehensive Schooling in Europe By Susanne Wiborg (2009)
Education and Social Integration Comprehensive Schooling in Europe
Susanne Wiborg
EDUCATION AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION
Copyright © Susanne Wiborg, 2009. All rights reserved. First published in 2009 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978–1–4039–8371–8 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Wiborg, Susanne. Education and social integration : comprehensive schooling in Europe / Susanne Wiborg. p. cm.—(Secondary education in a changing world) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1–4039–8371–2 1. Education—Social aspects—Europe. 2. Comprehensive high schools—Europe. 3. Education and state—Europe. 4. Social integration—Europe. I. Title. LC191.6.E9W53 2009 306.43⬘2094—dc22
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Contents
Series Editors’ Foreword Acknowledgment
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1 The Uneven Development of Comprehensive Education in Scandinavia, Germany, and England 2 The Conglomerate Education System: The Integrative Role of the State 3 Social Class Formation and Educational Participation 4 Liberal Politics: The Early Beginnings of Comprehensive Education 5 Social Democratic Politics: The Advancement of Comprehensive Education 6 Comprehensive Education Consolidated 7 Conclusion
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Bibliography
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Author Index
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Subject Index
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Series Editors’ Foreword
Among the educational issues affecting policy makers, public officials, and citizens in modern, democratic and industrial societies, none has been more contentious than the role of secondary schoo