{"product_id":"9781526601278","title":"Engines of Privilege : Britain's Private School Problem","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Kynaston, David, Green, Francis, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 19\/09\/2019,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 336 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Social classes\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781526601278\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"strike\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDescription:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003eIncludes a new chapter, 'Moving Ahead?'\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003eBritain's private, fee-paying schools are institutions where children from affluent families have their privileges further entrenched through a high-quality, richly-resourced education.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003eEngines of Privilege contends that, in a society that mouths the virtues of equality of opportunity, of fairness and of social cohesion, the educational apartheid separating private schools from our state schools deploys our national educational resources unfairly; blocks social mobility; reproduces privilege down the generations; and underpins a damaging democratic deficit in our society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrancis Green and David Kynaston carefully examine options for change, while drawing on the valuable lessons of history. Clear, vigorous prose is combined with forensic analysis to powerful effect, illuminating the painful contrast between the importance of private schools in British society and the near-absence of serious, policy-shaping debate.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"otherFormats\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35021554974873,"sku":"9781526601278","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781526601278_97a2ca21-6d3c-4e92-9274-48eb8c9f1387.jpg?v=1597166103","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781526601278","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}