Inequalities in Preparation for University Entrance: An Examination of the Educational Histories of Entrants to University College, Cork
Irish Journal of Sociology
Because of differences between and within second-level schools in the length of the curriculum of... more Because of differences between and within second-level schools in the length of the curriculum offered to pupils, and because of the differing usage of extra tutoring outside of schools by pupils themselves, entrants to universities show considerable diversity in the quantity of second-level schooling they have received. This paper analyses first-year students in University College, Cork, in 1989 to examine this diversity and its links with social class and with patterns of faculty enrolment within the university. It concludes that inequalities in the quantity of second-level schooling received parallel other inequalities in the Irish education system and so intensify the inegalitarian nature of that system.
Book Review: The Tragedy of Belief: Division, Politics and Religion in IrelandFultonJohn, The Tragedy of Belief: Division, Politics and Religion in Ireland, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991; pp. 270, £30
Book Review: Concepts of Social Stratification: European and American ModelsHessAndreas, Concepts of Social Stratification: European and American Models, London: Palgrave, 2001, hardback £45, 190 pages
Me|u brojnim socioreligijskim studijama koje su se na me|unarodnom tr`i{tu pojavile proteklih god... more Me|u brojnim socioreligijskim studijama koje su se na me|unarodnom tr`i{tu pojavile proteklih godina, knjiga o mladim katolicima {estorice eminentnih sociologa religije zauzima istaknuto mjesto. Dva su kljuna razloga tomu. Prvo, rije~je o komparativnoj studiji ra|enoj prema istom metodo-lo{kom predlo{ku u {est razli~itih zemalja. Naravno, to nije jedina komparativna studija, ali malo ih je koje se mogu pohvaliti tako jasnom teorijsko-metodologijskom strukturom, koja je bila zadana ve} prije provo|enja samog istra`ivanja, a potom i pisanja knjige. Drugo, za razliku od brojnih drugih studija, ona se ne bavi kvantitativnim pokazateljima religioznosti u navedenim zemljama, ve} je metodom`ivotnih pri~a te putem polustrukturiranih dubinskih intervjua fokusirala raz-li~ite na~ine`ivljenja katolicizma me|u mladima dobi od 18 do 30 godina. Uzorak je bio diferenciran prema spolnom i bra~nom statusu te prema stupnju religijskog pripadanja. Neovisno o tome koliko ih u kojoj zemlji ima, uzorak je u svakoj bio podjednako po-
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