Education and equalityde: bunking the myth of meritocracy
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Resumo: | This article explores how in the postwar years education was constructed as the main way in which a meritocratic society could be created in Britain (but also elsewhere). The concept of meritocracy, that is to say of a just society in which equality of opportunities and education for all, would ostensibly provide the basis with which labor market allocation would be realized. As this article argues, nothing in education operates outside the wider political economy, which in capitalism is inherently unequal as it is underpinned by the existence of antagonistically opposed social classes, separated from each other by unequal access to the means of production. As such, the circulation in the British social system that occurred in the early postwar years was not the result of decreasing inequalities within the class structure but rather the product of the occupational restructuring that fostered high rates of structural mobility. Consequently, “ascription” rather than “ability” continued to facilitate labor market stratification. |
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Education and equalityde: bunking the myth of meritocracyEducação e igualdade: desmontando o mito da meritocraciaEducationJob marketCapitalismMeritocracyEducaçãoEducaçãoMercado de trabalhoCapitalismoMeritocraciaThis article explores how in the postwar years education was constructed as the main way in which a meritocratic society could be created in Britain (but also elsewhere). The concept of meritocracy, that is to say of a just society in which equality of opportunities and education for all, would ostensibly provide the basis with which labor market allocation would be realized. As this article argues, nothing in education operates outside the wider political economy, which in capitalism is inherently unequal as it is underpinned by the existence of antagonistically opposed social classes, separated from each other by unequal access to the means of production. As such, the circulation in the British social system that occurred in the early postwar years was not the result of decreasing inequalities within the class structure but rather the product of the occupational restructuring that fostered high rates of structural mobility. Consequently, “ascription” rather than “ability” continued to facilitate labor market stratification.Este artigo explora como a educação pós-guerra foi construída como a principal forma pela qual uma sociedade meritocrática poderia aparentemente ser criada na Grã- -Bretanha. O conceito de meritocracia de uma sociedade justa, em que há a igualdade de oportunidades na educação para todos, não importando origem nem classe social, aparentemente fornece a base segundo a qual a alocação no mercado de trabalho seria igualitária. Como este artigo argumenta, nada na educação opera fora da economia política mais ampla, o que no capitalismo é inerentemente desigual, uma vez que é sustentado pela existência de classes sociais antagonicamente opostas, separadas umas das outras pelo acesso desigual aos meios de circulação e produção. O sistema social do Reino Unido que ocorreu nos anos do pós-guerra não diminuiu as desigualdades dentro da estrutura de classes, mas sim o produto da reestruturação do trabalho, o que promoveu altas taxas de mobilidade estrutural. A “atribuição”, em vez da “capacidade”, continuou, consequentemente, a facilitar a questão da estratificação no mercado.EdUECE2017-01-02info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://revistas.uece.br/index.php/redufor/article/view/12010.25053/edufor.v2i4.2375Educ. Form.; Vol. 2 No. 4 (2017): Educação & Formação; 03-17Educ. Form.; Vol. 2 Núm. 4 (2017): Educação & Formação; 03-17Éducation et formation; Vol. 2 No 4 (2017): Educação & Formação; 03-17Educ. Form.; v. 2 n. 4 (2017): Educação & Formação; 03-172448-3583reponame:Educação & Formação (Fortaleza)instname:Universidade Estadual do Ceará (UECE)instacron:UECEporhttps://revistas.uece.br/index.php/redufor/article/view/120/103Copyright (c) 2017 Spyros Themelishttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessThemelis, Spyros2023-06-29T12:04:25Zoai:ojs.revistas.uece.br:article/120Revistahttps://revistas.uece.br/index.php/reduforPUBhttps://revistas.uece.br/index.php/redufor/oairedufor@gmail.com||lia.fialho@uece.br2448-35832448-3583opendoar:2023-06-29T12:04:25Educação & Formação (Fortaleza) - Universidade Estadual do Ceará (UECE)false |
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Education and equalityde: bunking the myth of meritocracy Educação e igualdade: desmontando o mito da meritocracia |
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This article explores how in the postwar years education was constructed as the main way in which a meritocratic society could be created in Britain (but also elsewhere). The concept of meritocracy, that is to say of a just society in which equality of opportunities and education for all, would ostensibly provide the basis with which labor market allocation would be realized. As this article argues, nothing in education operates outside the wider political economy, which in capitalism is inherently unequal as it is underpinned by the existence of antagonistically opposed social classes, separated from each other by unequal access to the means of production. As such, the circulation in the British social system that occurred in the early postwar years was not the result of decreasing inequalities within the class structure but rather the product of the occupational restructuring that fostered high rates of structural mobility. Consequently, “ascription” rather than “ability” continued to facilitate labor market stratification. |
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