Author ORCID Identifier
0000-0003-2162-8166
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Education, general, including:, Social topics, Political science
Abstract
The role played by the education system in the creation and reproduction of governing elites, and its countervailing potential to create a more meritocratic and egalitarian society, has been a topic of enduring concern. However, these debates have been rendered opaque by an inability to directly compare elite formation systems both within and between countries. To resolve this problem, we employ elite formation quantitative indices to compare the roles of the secondary school and higher education systems, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, in the formation of its political elite – cabinet ministers – between 1922–2022. Our findings show that the universities educating cabinet ministers have been more elite and influential that the secondary schools, but not more exclusive. Additionally, while only a small number of universities and schools supplied more than one cabinet minister over the century, a very small number of universities and schools supplied a great many.
Recommended Citation
Hogan, John William and Feeney, Sharon, "Comparing the Roles of Secondary Schools and Universities in the Formation of British Cabinet Ministers1922-2022" (2024). Articles. 22.
https://arrow.tudublin.ie/diraaart/22
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Publication Details
Comparing the roles of secondary schools and universities in the formation of British cabinet ministers 1922-2022.