{"product_id":"engines-of-privilege-britains-private-school-problem-9781526601278","title":"Engines of Privilege: Britain's Private School","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Thoroughly researched and written with such calm authority, yet makes you want to scream with righteous indignation' \u003c\/b\u003eJohn O'Farrell \u003cb\u003e ‘We can expect the manifesto-writers at the next general election to pass magpie-like over these chapters ... The appeal to act is heartfelt’\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e___________________\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eIncludes a new chapter, 'Moving Ahead?'\u003c\/i\u003e  Britain’s private, fee-paying schools are institutions where children from affluent families have their privileges further entrenched through a high-quality, richly-resourced education. \u003ci\u003eEngines of Privilege\u003c\/i\u003e contends that, in a society that mouths the virtues of equality of opportunity, of fairness and of social cohesion, the educational apartheid separating private schools from our state schools deploys our national educational resources unfairly; blocks social mobility; reproduces privilege down the generations; and underpins a damaging democratic deficit in our society.  Francis Green and David Kynaston carefully examine options for change, while drawing on the valuable lessons of history. Clear, vigorous prose is combined with forensic analysis to powerful effect, illuminating the painful contrast between the importance of private schools in British society and the near-absence of serious, policy-shaping debate. \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e___________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e'An excoriating account\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eof the inequalities perpetuated by Britain’s love affair with private schools' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThoroughly researched and written with such calm authority\u003c\/b\u003e, yet makes you want to scream with righteous indignation -- John O'Farrell\u003cbr\u003eTheir \u003cb\u003etone is calm and evidence-based, not agitprop\u003c\/b\u003e … \u003cb\u003eThey have made up my mind\u003c\/b\u003e. I now feel clear not just that change is urgently needed, but that \u003cb\u003eoptions for change are more varied, imaginative and realistic than I’d dared imagine\u003c\/b\u003e -- Maggie Fergusson * Tablet *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFascinating \u003c\/b\u003e -- Alex Renton * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘[A] powerful attack on private schools as engines of privilege\u003c\/b\u003e … \u003cb\u003ea forensic examination\u003c\/b\u003e of what the authors call “Britain’s private school problem” … They start strong … \u003cb\u003eleaving you in no doubt \u003c\/b\u003eabout the path from private schooling to the elite … \u003cb\u003eThis book does a fine job of explaining and damning Britain’s private school problem\u003c\/b\u003e -- Hugo Rifkind * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn excoriating account \u003c\/b\u003eof the inequalities perpetuated by Britain’s love affair with private schools * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA passionate attack on private schools\u003c\/b\u003e … Kynaston’s flair for anecdotes shines through ... \u003cb\u003eFascinating \u003c\/b\u003e -- Dominic Sandbrook * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimely\u003c\/b\u003e * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eThe historical background to our arguments over state and private education today is the most intriguing part of \u003ci\u003eEngines of Privilege ...\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eimbued with Kynaston’s fascination with the arguments and mores of post-war Britain\u003c\/b\u003e -- Anne McElvoy * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003eFrancis Green and David Kynaston \u003cb\u003esay loud and clear that Britain’s private schools are a social problem\u003c\/b\u003e … This book provides warnings and lessons of what doesn’t work and ideas of what policies could work to dismantle these 'engines of privilege' * Socialist Worker *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003efresh dissection\u003c\/b\u003e of what [Kynaston and Green] deem \"Britain's private school problem\" ... We can expect the manifesto-writers at the next general election to pass magpie-like over these chapters\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003e[A] \u003cb\u003ef\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eorensic and damning\u003c\/b\u003e examination of ... \"Britain's private school problem\" * The Week *\u003cbr\u003eDavid Kynaston is \u003cb\u003eone of the great chroniclers of our modern story\u003c\/b\u003e ... Every paragraph contains some \u003cb\u003eglittering\u003c\/b\u003e nugget -- Praise for David Kynaston's 'Modernity Britain' * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003cb\u003eexemplary \u003c\/b\u003enarrative history, with the archives plundered judiciously and plenty of focus on people and their quirks … \u003cb\u003eFascinating\u003c\/b\u003e -- Praise for 'Till Time's Last Sand' * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eThis is \u003cb\u003ethe work of a scholar with a gift for illuminating every square inch of each enormous canvas he chooses to paint\u003c\/b\u003e … Kynaston\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ebrings characters large and small to life -- Praise for 'Till Time's Last Sand' * Literary Review *\u003cbr\u003eA historian of\u003cb\u003e peerless sensitivity and curiosity \u003c\/b\u003eabout the lives of individuals -- Praise for 'Modernity Britain' * Financial Times *","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48867472605527,"sku":"9781526601278","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526601278.jpg?v=1722283442","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/engines-of-privilege-britains-private-school-problem-9781526601278","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}