{"product_id":"the-making-of-a-left-behind-fred-powell-9781447367956","title":"The Making of a Left-Behind Class: Educational Stratification, Meritocracy and Widening Participation","description":"\u003cp\u003eDespite the high aspirations of young people from disadvantaged communities, they face barriers that are frustrating the realisation of their educational ambitions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book analyses the 'left-behind' phenomenon and shows how education has become the new divide in Western society. It explains how denied educational equality and frustrated opportunity are undermining social cohesion and what we can do about it. It challenges meritocratic thinking and the efficacy of widening participation as a policy for social inclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Combining analysis of educational disadvantage at an international level and among Travelling communities with empirical data derived from fieldwork with parents, teachers and students in the European Union (Ireland), this book offers fresh thinking and new hope in relation to young people left behind in the opportunity structure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fred Powell,Margaret Scanlon,Pat Leahy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1447367952\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781447367956\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Policy Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.46d","brand":"Fred Powell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442254098687,"sku":"9781447367956","price":41.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4cc0522b-fa5b-40f9-93ae-ae69bec24015.jpg?v=1777196149","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-making-of-a-left-behind-fred-powell-9781447367956","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}