Introductory Sociology

Bilton, Tony; Bonnett, Kevin; Jones, Pip; Skinner, David B.; Stanworth, Michelle; Webster, Andrew R.

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“…Levin (1976) expanded the meaning of educational equality to include: equality of educational access, equality of educational participation, equality of educational results, and equality of educational effects on life chances. Equality of opportunity within education, as Bilton et al (2002) argued, needs to be ensured so that opportunities for success in school are the same for everyone with similar abilities, regardless of sex, ethnicity, and socio-economic background. Iannelli and Paterson (2007, p. 231) concluded, however, that the social project of "using education to equalize life chances has been a failure."…”

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Legislation and Equality in Basic Education for All in China

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2009

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In China, legislation exists which requires compulsory schooling for all students of school age. This article examines the functions of and the constraints on using law to institutionalize equality in basic education. It argues that, in China, law is a last resort, holding governments of various levels accountable. Law can be a device of social justice to promote equity in education by serving as an important mechanism to check and balance the state's power regarding its obligations toward instituting basic education, redistributing public resources, reducing disparities, and promoting equality in compulsory schooling. However, the use of legislation to promote equity in basic education is constrained by economic conditions and other extra-legal factors. This article concludes by offering an explanation of the functions of and constraints on law in the quest for equality in basic education, as well as the implications of China's experience for understanding law and change.

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Section: Equality Basic Education For All and Legislationmentioning

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Legislation and Equality in Basic Education for All in China

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2009

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“…Social and behavioural scientists have viewed demographic and contextual factors that influence perceptions of risk in society, which involve personal and societal value judgements. Bilton, Bonnett, Jones, Skinner, Stanworth and Webster (1996) cast their net much wider and interpret risk as "a term encapsulating the distinctiveness of people's experiences of danger in late modernity" (p. 41). Increasingly, the threats we face are of global proportion and are side effects of social development.…”

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Chapter 4. Riding the Juggernaut in the Risk Society

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Child & Youth Services

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There are irreconcilable and contested positions taken around the definition and understanding of risk. The purpose of this chapter is to locate risk discourse more solidly in a social scientific framework by providing an historical analysis of literature dealing with risk drawing from the fields of risk assessment and, later, the social sciences where two major families of theory have been developed by social scientists: the Psychometric Paradigm and Cultural Theory. "Risk society" is the term used by social scientists to describe modern society-one where tradition has broken down and scientific advances rather than nature dominate our lives. The consequences of human actions across a range of areas have introduced new sources of risk and uncertainty which serve to emphasise the risk(s) involved in making everyday decisions, and a central paradox to the risk society is that these risks are generated by the processes of modernisation trying to control them. In a risk society, traditional certainties and securities can no longer be assumed. Fundamental to this understanding of risk society is the connected breakdown in expert systems and this is particularly relevant to the world of child and youth care.

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“…Savremena shvatanja zdravlja afirmišu ulogu socijalnog diskursa u održavanju zdravlja, odnosno liječenja bolesti. Diskurs predstavlja značajan okvir za razumijevanje socijalnog života čovjeka i za djelovanje unutar njega (Bilton, et all, 1997). Dakle, u proučavanju zdravlja i bolesti potrebno je primjenjivati bitno metodološko načelo "dvostrukog diskursa" koji uključuje prirodno-naučni i socijalni diskurs kao jednako vrijedne .…”

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Socijalni Rad U Sistemima Zdravstvene Zaštite U Bosni I Hercegovini

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Introductory Sociology

Cited by 64 publications

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Legislation and Equality in Basic Education for All in China

Legislation and Equality in Basic Education for All in China

Chapter 4. Riding the Juggernaut in the Risk Society

Socijalni Rad U Sistemima Zdravstvene Zaštite U Bosni I Hercegovini

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