Edukacja uniwersytecka i procesy stratyfikacji społecznej
Academic education and the processes of social stratification

Summary/Abstract: In the article author discusses the relationships between education andsocial stratification. The theories of meritocracy and credentalism are analyzedand a special attention is paid to the opposition between their interpretations of the equality/inequality dilemma. Then the R. Turner’s concepts ofsocial mobility and E. Hopper’s concepts of social creation of aspiration arepresented. In the second part of the article the phenomenon of overeducationand diploma in ation is considered as well as a case of higher educationin Japan as a factor of social strati cation in this country.

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