Were They Pushed Or Did They Jump?: Individual Decision Mechanisms In Education

by Diego Gambetta

Overview

Like few other decisions in life, educational choices must be made by virtually every-one growing up in industrial societies. The consequences of these choices for individual lives are momentous, yet decisions about schooling can be treacherous. They are made during the teen years, at a time when personal preferences are unstable and there is littl

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781000011340
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/20/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	246
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

"Diego Gambetta is reader in sociology and fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.
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Table of Contents

Preface -- Introduction -- The theoretical question -- Institutional constraints and educational choices -- Were they pushed? -- Or did they jump? -- Conclusions -- The high school pupils survey -- The youth unemployment survey -- Independent variables -- Logit models: summary tables

Editorial Reviews

The review seeks to explain the discrepancies in statistical research from various fields of criminal justice, e.g. why complicated patterns yield information contrary to experience. The volume analyzes recent writings on penal communications, delinquency and academic performance, criminal justice literature, and drug use in the US. The essays explore both theories of criminology, and the consequences of crime. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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