Access to post-compulsory education and training: economic, sociological and political determinants and remaining research gaps.

Autor/in	Souto Otero, Manuel
Titel	Access to post-compulsory education and training: economic, sociological and political determinants and remaining research gaps.
Quelle	In: Comparative education, 43 (2007) 4, S. 571-586Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0068; 1360-0486
DOI	10.1080/03050060701611961
Schlagwörter	Forschung; Bildungsbeteiligung; Bildungschance; Soziale Ungleichheit; Forschung; Politik; Soziale Ungleichheit; Theorie; Volkswirtschaft; Soziologie; Lebenslanges Lernen; Bildungsbeteiligung; Bildungsertrag; Bildungsertrag; Politik; Soziale Schicht; Volkswirtschaft; Soziologie; Ökonomie; Lebenslanges Lernen; Einflussfaktor; Theorie
Abstract	This paper presents a review and assessment of existing theoretical accounts to explain differentials in access to education and training in advanced economies. These theories tend to focus on the analysis of the influence of a set of economic, sociological and political variables on access to education. Existing theories are criticized on two grounds. Firstly, they seldom take into consideration the crucial role of political-institutional factors, and in particular, welfare states' actions through direct investment and regulation in shaping access levels. Secondly, they focus narrowly on the analysis of different stages of education and training, and this does not reflect the current policy emphasis on lifelong learning. The paper concludes with an outline of a future research agenda to address these gaps, and also calls for a more rigorous analysis of the weight of the different factors affecting access. (DIPF/Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2008/2