Policy, Politics, and Social Inequality in the Educational System of Greece

@article{Giamouridis2006PolicyPA,
  title={Policy, Politics, and Social Inequality in the Educational System of Greece},
  author={Anastasios Giamouridis and Carl A. Bagley},
  journal={Journal of Modern Greek Studies},
  year={2006},
  volume={24},
  pages={1 - 21}
}
Educational policy remains a key variable in the way state governments respond to global change. This paper examines the policy, politics, and social inequality that permeate the educational system in Greece. It begins by placing Greek educational policy in its wider political, cultural, and socio-economic context. It considers the "post-modernization" process in Greece in recent years and reflects on the structure and political economy of Greek education. Then the paper reports on how social… 
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