Educational Expansion and Socio-Geographical Inequality (Belgium, 1961-2011)

Autor/inn/en	Vanderstraeten, Raf; Van der Gucht, Frederik
Titel	Educational Expansion and Socio-Geographical Inequality (Belgium, 1961-2011)
Quelle	In: Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 59 (2023) 3, S.466-491 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Vanderstraeten, Raf)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0030-9230
DOI	10.1080/00309230.2021.1881800
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Educational Development; Equal Education; Inclusion; Human Capital; Higher Education; Social Environment; Universities; Geographic Location; Dropouts; Geographic Distribution; Unemployment; Belgium + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Bildungsentwicklung; Inklusion; Humankapital; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Soziales Umfeld; University; Universität; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Arbeitslosigkeit; Belgien
Abstract	This paper presents a sociologically informed analysis of the historically changing relation between education and society. Using a set of socio-geographical methods and longitudinal data from population censuses, we explore changes in the forms of educational inclusion and exclusion in the period 1961 to 2011. We analyse, more particularly, changes in the geographical segregation and clustering of both high- and low-schooled individuals, while geographical proximity determines the kind of social contacts people normally have. Our findings show, firstly, that the segregation of university-trained human capital within Belgium and its regions has remained high, in spite of the expansion of university education and the creation of "regional" universities. Highly educated individuals now increasingly attract one another; they increasingly search for an environment in which they are able to meet people with a similar educational background. Our findings show, secondly, different evolutions for early school leavers. While the overall decrease in the share of early school leavers has gone hand in hand with decreasing heterogeneity within Belgium, our analyses point to increasing divergences between Flanders, on the one hand, and Wallonia and Brussels, on the other. In large parts of Wallonia and Brussels, the labour markets suffer from comparatively high shares of early school leavers. We conclude that the coupling between education and society has changed in the period under consideration. We question, however, that education has become a dominant social system. We rather argue that historical analyses of geographical inequalities in educational participation shed light on the complexity and heterogeneity of society. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01