Elite Education

Elite Education – International Perspectives is the first book to systematically examine elite education in different parts of the world. Authors provide a historical analysis of the emergence of national elite education systems and consider how recent policy and economic developments are changing the configuration of elite trajectories and the social groups benefiting from these.

Through country-level case studies, this book offers readers an in-depth account of elite education systems in the Anglophone world, in Europe, and in the emerging financial centres of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. A series of commentaries highlight commonalities and differences between elite education systems and offer insights into broader theoretical issues with which educationalists, researchers, and policymakers are engaging.

With authors including Stephen J. Ball, Donald Broady, Rubén Gaztambide-Fernández, Heinz-Hermann Krüger, Maria Alice Nogueira, Julia Resnik, and Agnès van Zanten, the book offers a benchmark perspective on issues frequently glossed over in comparative education, including the processes by which powerful groups retain privilege and ‘elite’ status in rapidly changing societies.

Elite Education – International Perspectives will appeal to policymakers and academics in the fields of education and sociology. Simultaneously, it will be of special relevance to postgraduates enrolled on courses in the sociology of education, education policy, and education and international development.