Inequalities in educational opportunity have been a persistent feature of all school systems for generations, with conventional explanations of differences in educational attainment tending to be reduced to either quantitative or non-quantitative 'list' theories. In this groundbreaking book, Roy Nash argues that a realist framework for the sociological explanation of educational group differences can, and must be, constructed, resulting in a vital contribution to current policy and theoretical debate.

Explaining Inequalities in School Achievement

Roy Nash, formerly Massey University, New Zealand and Hugh Lauder, University of Bath, UK