Explaining Inequalities in School Achievement: A Realist Analysis

Inequalities in educational opportunity have been a persistent feature of all school systems for generations with conventional explanations of differences in educational attainment tending to be reduced to either quantitative or non-quantitative 'list' theories. In this groundbreaking book, Roy Nash argues that a realist framework for the sociological explanation of group differences in educational attainment can, and must be, constructed. A key text for all scholars of education and childhood studies.