Social reproduction and education policy

Education and education policy as social determinants of health.

Education is a strong predictor of long-term health and quality of life [1]. At least one investigator [2] has argued that education causes health, but the pathways through which it leads to better health and longer life expectancy are not yet clearly understood. What is clear is that health, human development and well-being are dynamic processes that are closely related to socioeconomic status...

The Right Language? Reproduction, Wellbeing and Global Social Policy Discourse

The international commitments to reproductive rights are part of an increasingly globalised discourse on social policy. The globalisation of social policy discourse generally is evident both in the growing universalism of social policy agendas, including both the adoption of rights-based approaches and in social sector reform, and in attempts to discover and utilise a global language for social...

Gender and Education: A Review of Issues for Social Policy

culture, identity, and language education: home culture attachment, social/cultural capital, demographic factors and self-identity changes among iranian efl teachers

: در تحقیقی که پیش روی دارید ابتدا سعی شده است که نقش میزان بهره مندی مدرسان زبان انگلیسی از سرمایه های فرهنگی و اجتماعی در چارچوب نظریه بوردیو(1986) بر میزان وابستگی آن ها به فرهنگ خودی بررسی شود. لذا دو پرسشنامه به طورهمزمان بین 342 مدرس زبان انگلیسی در بیش از 25 موسسه ی خصوصی زبان انگلیسی در سطح شهر مشهد توزیع شد. رابطه ی بین میزان دسترسی به سرمایه فرهنگی و اجتماعی و وابستگی به فرهنگ خودی از...

Education policy and crime

This paper discusses the relationship between education and crime from an economic perspective, developing a human capital-based model that sheds light on key ways in which early childhood programs and policies that encourage schooling may affect both juvenile and adult crime. The paper first discusses evidence on the effects of educational attainment, school quality, and school enrollment on c...