Meritocratic Beliefs and the Persistence of Educational Inequality
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Educational success remains strongly linked to social background. However, there is no growing concern about this, which could be explained by meritocratic beliefs that success primarily depends on individual effort and talent. The author examines how such beliefs are shaped by experiences and what consequences they have for the reproduction of educational inequality.
Growing Up in Diaspora – Education and Family of East African Refugees in Germany
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This book centers on the life experiences of young East African refugees in Germany. Situated at the intersection of migration and transition research, it depicts an extensive picture of how young refugees cope with challenges related to educational and occupational participation. How do they maintain transnational familyhood amidst the institutionalized discrimination in the receiving society? The author portraits different ways of coping with transition imperatives, showing how young refugees shape their biographical trajectories with the sociocultural as well as biographical resources they have.
Joy, Reflections, Resistance – LGBTIQ+ Lived Realities in Africa
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This book brings together activist and scholarly perspectives from different African countries on the multifaceted lived realities of LGBTIQ+ persons, exploring their experiences of violence and their resistance strategies. It examines the impact of colonial legacies, the solidarity across LGBTIQ+ communities, and the ways in which scholars and activists can connect and foster practices of solidarity.
International Perspectives on the History of Early Childhood Education
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How does the interplay between family, institution and profession characterise early childhood education worldwide? In this volume, the authors analyse the historical and theoretical developments in early childhood education from an international perspective. They show how different national educational approaches and state interventions influence the relationship between the family and the education system in times of globalisation. The volume offers an in-depth look at the challenges and opportunities arising from local and global educational practices.
Logistical Chokepoints, Precarious Work, and Social Reproduction
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Sitting at pivotal points of globalized economies, workers in logistical chokepoints such as ports and airports should have a lot of negotiating power. Examining the spatial-historical narrative of logistics in Portugal and Brazil, this book asks why working conditions in ports and airports are still predominantly precarious. Using her own field research and qualitative studies, Anne Engelhardt analyses the work and lives of workers along materialist theoretical approaches to social reproduction, the metabolic rift, the state, and the body.
