Knowledge Society, Educational Attainment, and the Unequal City: A Sociospatial Perspective
- Education plays a key role in knowledge society, since, from a meritocratic perspective, it opens up fair opportunities for well-paid jobs, thereby increasing social mobility and well-being more generally. In order to foster their economic competitiveness, cities are therefore encouraged to engage in knowledge-based urban development by trying to provide good schools and world-class universities to attract the “creative class.” However, meritocracy is a “myth,” as access to educational opportunities is itself socially biased. With the example of Heidelberg, a so-called “knowledge pearl,” we show how knowledge-institutions, such as the university, may shape socioenvironmental contexts in ways conducive to spatially selective access to—and use of—educational opportunities. Instead of reducing social polarization, knowledge-institutions may instead (re-)produce inequalities.
Author: | Michael Hoelscher, Ulrike Gerhard, Editha Marquardt |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78597-0_2 |
ISBN: | 978-3-030-78596-3 |
Parent Title (English): | Space, Place and Educational Settings |
Serie: | Knowledge and Space; 16 |
Publisher: | Springer |
Place of publication: | Cham |
Editor: | Tim Freytag, Douglas L. Lauen, Susan L. Robertson |
Document Type: | Part of a Book |
Language: | English |
Year of Completion: | 2021 |
Publishing Institution: | Deutsche Universität für Verwaltungswissenschaften |
Release Date: | 2021/12/13 |
Page Number: | 25 |
First Page: | 7 |
Last Page: | 31 |
Documents ordered by chairs: | Lehrstuhl für Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsmanagement (Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Hölscher) |
Access Rights: | Frei zugänglich |
Licence (German): | Urheberrechtlich geschützt |