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Equality of Opportunity
A.F. Heath
- pp 4722-4724
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The authors explored the concept of equality of opportunity, particularly as it has been frequently used in the sociology of education, and used it as an explanatory concept when discussing class differences in access to privileged educational institutions.Abstract:
This article explores the concept of equality of opportunity, particularly as it has been frequently used in the sociology of education. As well as equality being a normative ideal, inequality of opportunity has also often been used as an explanatory concept, e.g., when discussing class differences in access to privileged educational institutions.read more
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What Is the Point of Equality
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On the Currency of Egalitarian Justice
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What is Equality? Part 2: Equality of Resources
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