The massification of education in Hong Kong: effects on the equality of opportunity, 1981-1991
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Hong Kong's conversion of its elite education system to free schooling during the 1970s has raised the opportunities for its citizens to obtain higher education. Specifically, the colony's postsecondary education system has become less stratified with respect to family background and gender. This was seen in an analysis of census data which showed that the mother's education had an effect on the education level attained by an individual, but was restricted to the continuation from primary to lower-secondary schools.
Publication Name: Sociological Perspectives
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0731-1214
Year: 1996
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Earth first! Activism: ecological postmodern praxis in radical environmentalist identities
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The barriers presented by classical and conventional sociological theories in the exposition of modern-day social movements's social-psychological dynamics is overcome with the use of New Social Movement Theory and symbolic interactionism. This enabled functional evaluation of consciousness/identity and culture/lifestyle in the Earth First! movement. It is suggested that EF! activism is as an ecological postmodern identity praxis that depicts biocentric, transpersonal ecological consciousness.
Publication Name: Sociological Perspectives
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0731-1214
Year: 1996
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