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Introduction to the Handbook

Comparative Sociological Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Inequality in Education

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The Palgrave Handbook of Race and Ethnic Inequalities in Education

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This book brings together more than 30 years of sociological research on the relationship between race/ethnicity and educational inequality carried out in 18 national contexts.

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  • Stevens, Peter A. J. 2007 Researching Race/Ethnicity and Educational Inequality in English Secondary Schools: A Critical Review of the Research Literature between 1980 and 2005. Review of Educational Research 77 (2): 147–185.

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  • Stevens, Peter A. J., Noel Clycq, Christiane Timmerman, and Mieke Van Houtte. 2011 Researching Race/Ethnicity and Educational Inequality in the Netherlands: A Critical Review of the Research Literature between 1980 and 2008. British Educational Research Journal 37 (1): 5–43.

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© 2014 Peter A. J. Stevens and A. Gary Dworkin

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Stevens, P.A.J., Dworkin, A.G. (2014). Introduction to the Handbook. In: Stevens, P.A.J., Dworkin, A.G. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Race and Ethnic Inequalities in Education. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137317803_1

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