Inequality: Reassessment

ISBN-10: 0465032648
ISBN-13: 9780465032648
Series: Inequality
Pages: 399
Language: English
Published: 1972-11-16
Publisher: Basic Books
Author: Christopher Jencks

Description

Monograph on the effects of family background, race, educational opportunity and intelligence quotient scores on adult success in the USA - examines inequality (incl. Racial discrimination) in respect of educational level, cognitive skills, occupational structure, income distribution, job satisfaction, etc., and argues that equalizing educational opportunity through educational reform will not produce more social mobility and that more fundamental social reforms are needed. Bibliography pp. 359 to 382, references and statistical tables.