Consensus Amongst a Putative Elite
Some Empirical Findings
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10363256 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert E Dowse (The University of Western Australia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 161-171 |
| Publication date | 1987-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3187 • E-ISSN: 2041-0611 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/003231878703900205 |
| OpenAlex | W2062950573 |
| Language | EN |
Surveys children from 7 English public schools and state school children from Grammar, Secondary Modern and Comprehensive schools. Demonstrates that some groups are attitudinally homogenous and that their background is privileged in terms of attaining elite positions. If they achieve such positions they are likely to be in broad accord with others who are similarly successful. When state children achieve anything like attitudinal homogeneity it is often on items suggesting political passivity
Elite · Grammar · Grammar school · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Law · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |