Elite Education: International Perspectives

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction: elite education – international perspectives
PART I Developments in the Anglophone world: England, Scotland, Australia and North America
	1 The historical construction of an elite education in England
	2 ‘Independent’ in Scotland: elite by education?
	3 Elite education in the Australian context
	4 ‘Private schools in the public system’: school choice and the production of elite status in the USA and Canada
	5 The future of elite research in education: commentary
PART II European perspectives: similarities and differences in Scandinavia, France and Germany
	6 A sound foundation? Financial elite families and egalitarian schooling in Norway
	7 Elite education in Sweden: a contradiction in terms?
	8 Elite education in Germany? Trends, developments and challenges
	9 Promoting equality and reproducing privilege in elite educational tracks in France
	10 Elite education and class reproduction: commentary
PART III Emerging financial powers in Latin America, Asia and Africa
	11 ‘Eliteness’ in Chinese schooling: towards an ethnographic approach
	12 ‘Eliteness’ and elite schooling in contemporary Nigeria
	13 The education of Brazilian elites in the twenty-first century: new opportunities or new forms of distinction?
	14 Servicing elite interests: elite education in post-neoliberal Argentina
	15 Elite education systems in the emerging financial powers: commentary
Some final reflections
Index