Ethnic Segregation in Schools: A Study of Non-Decision Making

Autor/in	Friedrichs, Jörg
Titel	Ethnic Segregation in Schools: A Study of Non-Decision Making
Quelle	In: Journal of Education Policy, 38 (2023) 6, S.1024-1043 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Friedrichs, Jörg)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0268-0939
DOI	10.1080/02680939.2022.2136764
Schlagwörter	School Segregation; Ethnicity; Decision Making; Educational Policy; Foreign Countries; Minority Group Students; White Students; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnizität; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	This article examines ethnic segregation in schools as a field where policy inaction, or non-decision making, is rife. A theoretical framework rooted in historical institutionalism and combining critical junctures with path dependencies enables the study of non-decision making and policy inaction. Moving from non-decision making as a general phenomenon to the specific case of British education policies, the focus is on ethnoreligious segregation between White British and South Asian Muslim students, which has become a salient issue in British politics and society. After a general discussion, the article zooms in on a North English town presenting typical constellations of ethnic segregation and mixing in neighbourhoods and schools. The subsequent policy analysis shows how, from the mid-1980s until recently, non-decision making has been predominant. Given the ongoing problematization of ethnic segregation in British politics and society, a reversal from policy inaction to formal decision-making seems possible. The article offers insight into the inner workings of non-decision making that have wider application, transcending any given locality and policy sphere. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01