This book analyzes policies in eight European countries that aim to intervene in the reproduction of social and educational inequalities. In order to understand why some policies succeed and others fail, it is necessary to look at education systems through cross-national comparison.

This book analyzes policies in eight European countries that aim to intervene in the reproduction of social and educational inequalities. In order to understand why some policies succeed and others fail, it is necessary to look at education systems through cross-national comparison.

List of Tables Acknowledgements Foreword; S.Power Introduction: Towards a Comparison of Priority Education Policies in Europe; D.Frandji Policy Interventions to Reduce Educational Inequalities: The Case of England; L.Antoniou, A.Dyson  & C.Raffo Priority Education Policies in Belgium: Two Modes of Regulation of the Effects of a Market Logic; N.Friant, M.Demeuse, A.Aubert-Lotarski & I.Nicaise Twenty Five Years of Priority Education Policy in France: Dubious Specificity and Disappointing Results; J.Rochex Greece: Educational Programmes in Support and Innovation; G.Varnava-Skoura, D.Vergidis  & C.Kassimi From the Invention of the Democratic City to the Management of Exclusion and Urban Violence in Portugal; J.Correia, I.Cruz, J.Rochex  & L.Salgado Priority Education Policies in the Czech Republic: Redesigning Equity Policies in the Post-Communist Transformation; D.Greger , M.Levínská    I.Smetácková Romania: A System in Evolution, Searching for its Conceptual References; C.Rus Sweden: Priority Education Policies in Times of Decentralization and Individualization; G.Francia  & L.Herrera Conclusion: Priority Education Policies in Europe: From One 'Age' and One Country to Another; J.Rochex Bibliography Index