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Two related concerns — equality of educational opportunity and the link between education and the labour demands of a modern capitalist economy — lay at the root of many of the major changes brought about in public education by Western governments during the post-war period. These changes have led to a rapid expansion of both the provision and the utilisation of public education, with a concomitant growth in educational expenditure.1
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© 1990 Richard Breen, Damian F. Hannan, David B. Rottman, Christopher T. Whelan
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Breen, R., Hannan, D.F., Rottman, D.B., Whelan, C.T. (1990). Education: the Promise of Reform and the Growth of Credentialism. In: Understanding Contemporary Ireland. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20464-9_6
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