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Courtois, Aline – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2015
This paper examines how Irish elite schools negotiate change and maintain their legitimacy in times of economic turmoil and rising social inequality. The paper argues that they have not bowed before the demands of democratisation or economic globalisation. Instead they continue to maintain a high level of social closure and control diversity…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethics, Advantaged, Selective Admission