Children, Poverty and Education

The Misuse of Power and Wealth

by Carl Parsons

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Educational inequality is not an unfortunate inescapable by-product of poverty, but the predictable outcome of long-standing policy failure. Combining rigorous critique with cautious optimism, this timely book identifies the political, fiscal and educational pathways through which entrenched inequalities can finally be challenged.

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Bristol University Press

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About the author

Carl Parsons is Emeritus Professor of Education at Canterbury Christ Church University, where he was previously Head of Department of Educational Research.

ISBN: 9781447380245

Format: eBook

Publication Date: 03/11/2026

Imprint: Policy Press