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Unequal Inclusion: The Production of Social Differences in Education Systems
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Abstract The article raises the question of whether and how education systems produce social differences internally rather than reproducing pre‐existing "external" inequalities. Linking Niklas Luhmann's theory of inclusion/exclusion with Charles Tilly’s theory of categorical inequalities, and based on empiri... view more
The article raises the question of whether and how education systems produce social differences internally rather than reproducing pre‐existing "external" inequalities. Linking Niklas Luhmann's theory of inclusion/exclusion with Charles Tilly’s theory of categorical inequalities, and based on empirical data from various qualitative studies, the article identifies an "observation regime" epistemically constituting the social classification of students and legitimising organisational closure mechanisms in the school system. As an alternative to the "reproduction paradigm," a research approach guided by differentiation theory is proposed that takes into account that educational inequality operationally arises on the "inside" of the educational system and is caused by unequal inclusion processes.... view less
Keywords
educational inequality; exclusion; inclusion; social discrimination; social inequality; education system; school system
Classification
Sociology of Education
Free Keywords
observation regime
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Page/Pages
p. 301-312
Journal
Social Inclusion, 9 (2021) 3
Issue topic
Education, Politics, Inequalities: Current Dynamics and Perspectives
ISSN
2183-2803
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed