Social Change and Education in Greece A Study in Class Struggle Dyna
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ducating from Marx: Race, Gender, and Learning Edited by Sara Carpenter and Shahrzad Mojab Education and the Reproduction of Capital: Neoliberal Knowledge and Counterstrategies Edited by Ravi Kumar Social Change and Education in Greece: A Study in Class Struggle Dynamics Spyros Themelis
Social Change and Education in Greece A Study in Class Struggle Dynamics Spyros Themelis
SOCIAL CHANGE AND EDUCATION IN GREECE
Copyright © Spyros Themelis, 2013. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2013 978-0-230-33822-7 All rights reserved. First published in 2013 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries.
ISBN 978-1-349-34122-1 ISBN 978-1-137-10861-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137108616 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Themelis, Spyros. Social change and education in greece : a study in class struggle dynamics / Spyros Themelis. p. cm.—(Marxism and education) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Education—Social aspects—Greece. 2. Social mobility—Greece. 3. Social change—Greece. 4. Social classes—Greece. I. Title. LC191.8.G8T47 2012 306.43⬘209495—dc23
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A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: January 2013 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
This book is dedicated to all those individuals and families who hosted, trusted, and helped me with researching this book in the wonderful community, which I call Protopi. It is also dedicated to my family—Pavlos, Aleka, Yiannis, and Agelos Themelis—for all their constant support, love, and understanding all these years.
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Contents
List of Illustrations
ix
Acknowledgments
xi
Introduction
1
Part I
11
1
Social Stratification and Class Analysis
13
2
Social Mobility: Issues, Trends, and Critique
31
3
The Political Economy, Social Stratification, and Class Formation in Postwar Greece
53
Education, Social Mobility, and the Question of Meritocracy
75
4
Part II
97
5
Contextualizing the Case Study
99
6
Quantitative Aspects of Social Mobility
111
7
Occupational Trajectories and Experiences of Mobility
133
8
Educational Experiences and Pathways to Social Mobility
153
9
Alternative Pathways to Social Mobility: The Role of Migration, Marriage, and Political Patronage
177
Conclusion
199
Appendix 1: The Major Political, Economic, and Social Events in Greece, 1936–2011
217
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CONT ENT S
Appendix 2: The Register
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