Research Catalog

Title

Who gets in and why? : race, class and aspiration in South Africa's elite schools / Jonathan Jansen, Samantha Kriger.

Author

Jansen, Jonathan D.

Publication

Claremont, South Africa : UCT Press, 2020.

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Details

Additional Authors

Kriger, Samantha

Description

xxiv, 223 pages; 23 cm

Summary

"A main road snakes from the City Bowl in the north to Fish Hoek in the south, along which corridor sit some of the most prestigious academic schools on the continent, in sight of Africa's leading tertiary institution, the University of Cape Town. This is a study of patterns of racial segregation in the elite primary schools of one of the 'whitest' and wealthiest areas of South Africa, the southern suburbs of Cape Town. What keeps these elite schools 'white dominant' in a province and country that is overwhelmingly black? How do the schools administer their admissions policies such that the outcome is white-majority enrolments? Why does a post-apartheid government allow 'white dominant' schools to exist? This is the first available study on the micro-politics of primary school admissions that addresses the question of 'Who gets in, and why?' against the backdrop of South Africa's transition from apartheid to democracy. For this reason, among others, the book holds significance for international scholarship on education policy and politics while at the same time offering practical value for South African parents who struggle to get their children admitted to these elite schools."--Page 4 of cover

Subject

• Elite (Social sciences) > Education > South Africa
• Private schools > South Africa
• Segregation in education > South Africa
• School integration > South Africa
• Multicultural education > South Africa
• Segregation in education
• Education, Primary
• Education
• Elite (Social sciences) > Education
• Multicultural education
• Race relations
• School integration
• South Africa > Race relations
• South Africa

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Getting in: The high-stakes game of admissions to elite schools -- The spider's web of policies that keeps south african schools white-and black -- Selection by mortgage': feeder zones and unequal access to privileged schools -- School fees-and the stories they tell -- Social selection: the hidden rules of who gets in and why -- The problem of resegregation: why and how white schools turn black -- Red school: a model of integration, a work in progress -- Why does South Africa still have majority-white schools?

ISBN

• 9781775822912
• 1775822915
• 9781775822929 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2022457129

OCLC

• on1193555842
• 1193555842
• SCSB-9764319

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library