17 Education and the welfare state: worlds of early school leaving in Europe
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Ron Thompson
Abstract
This chapter examines institutional aspects of the phenomenon of early school leaving in Europe. The chapter begins by briefly reviewing the place of education in the welfare state, introducing the classification system of Esping-Andersen and outlining how it has been applied to education. The concept of stratification is then related to both institutional arrangements and access to education, including the social composition and status of a particular educational level. De-commodification is interpreted in terms of the extent to which participants in education are shielded from market forces, and the public-private mix in educational provision. The main questions of the chapter are then stated: what are the patterns of early school leaving, and how are these patterns related to educational institutions and policies in different welfare regimes? These questions are addressed using comparative policy literature and secondary data from 26 European countries. For early school leaving, the chapter constructs measures of de-commodification and stratification and investigates their relationships to broader features of welfare states, asking in particular whether countries with similar welfare regimes tend to cluster in relation to these key aspects of education. Drawing on the findings from this analysis, the chapter discusses the factors underlying high rates of early school leaving, highlighting aspects of policy that appear to offer prospects for improvement
Abstract
This chapter examines institutional aspects of the phenomenon of early school leaving in Europe. The chapter begins by briefly reviewing the place of education in the welfare state, introducing the classification system of Esping-Andersen and outlining how it has been applied to education. The concept of stratification is then related to both institutional arrangements and access to education, including the social composition and status of a particular educational level. De-commodification is interpreted in terms of the extent to which participants in education are shielded from market forces, and the public-private mix in educational provision. The main questions of the chapter are then stated: what are the patterns of early school leaving, and how are these patterns related to educational institutions and policies in different welfare regimes? These questions are addressed using comparative policy literature and secondary data from 26 European countries. For early school leaving, the chapter constructs measures of de-commodification and stratification and investigates their relationships to broader features of welfare states, asking in particular whether countries with similar welfare regimes tend to cluster in relation to these key aspects of education. Drawing on the findings from this analysis, the chapter discusses the factors underlying high rates of early school leaving, highlighting aspects of policy that appear to offer prospects for improvement
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
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Part I Research methods
- 1 Contemporary welfare states and their challenges 3
- 2 Four families of theories to understand welfare state change 13
- 3 Evidence-Based Policy-Making 29
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Part II Welfare regimes
- 4 Nordic welfare states: up to challenge? 47
- 5 Continental European welfare states 65
- 6 Liberal welfare states 85
- 7 The Southern European welfare model 101
- 8 Eastern European welfare states 119
- 9 In search of a suitable path for welfare system development in China 135
- 10 East Asia: welfare determinants and issues in the post-developmentalism era 151
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Part III Issues and challenges
- 11 Health policy in a comparative perspective 173
- 12 COVID-19 and the welfare state: impacts, mechanisms, and responses 187
- 13 Through the COVID-19 pandemic: perspectives for the welfare state 213
- 14 Long-Term Care in ageing societies 233
- 15 Pension 255
- 16 The legitimacy of the welfare state in the age of migration 271
- 17 Education and the welfare state: worlds of early school leaving in Europe 285
- 18 Economic inequality – a growing issue? 309
- 19 Poverty in the five welfare regimes of Europe 321
- 20 Employment and unemployment 343
- 21 Sustainability 359
- 22 Populism 375
- 23 Behavioural public policy 389
- 24 North–South divide and global social policy 403
- 25 Incentives-disincentives – the benefit side of the welfare states 417
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Part IV Future research needs
- 26 The future of welfare states? 433
- Contributors to this volume 439
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
-
Part I Research methods
- 1 Contemporary welfare states and their challenges 3
- 2 Four families of theories to understand welfare state change 13
- 3 Evidence-Based Policy-Making 29
-
Part II Welfare regimes
- 4 Nordic welfare states: up to challenge? 47
- 5 Continental European welfare states 65
- 6 Liberal welfare states 85
- 7 The Southern European welfare model 101
- 8 Eastern European welfare states 119
- 9 In search of a suitable path for welfare system development in China 135
- 10 East Asia: welfare determinants and issues in the post-developmentalism era 151
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Part III Issues and challenges
- 11 Health policy in a comparative perspective 173
- 12 COVID-19 and the welfare state: impacts, mechanisms, and responses 187
- 13 Through the COVID-19 pandemic: perspectives for the welfare state 213
- 14 Long-Term Care in ageing societies 233
- 15 Pension 255
- 16 The legitimacy of the welfare state in the age of migration 271
- 17 Education and the welfare state: worlds of early school leaving in Europe 285
- 18 Economic inequality – a growing issue? 309
- 19 Poverty in the five welfare regimes of Europe 321
- 20 Employment and unemployment 343
- 21 Sustainability 359
- 22 Populism 375
- 23 Behavioural public policy 389
- 24 North–South divide and global social policy 403
- 25 Incentives-disincentives – the benefit side of the welfare states 417
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Part IV Future research needs
- 26 The future of welfare states? 433
- Contributors to this volume 439
