Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-246) and index.

Education and poverty in affluent countries: an introduction to the book and the mapping framework / Carlo Raffo ... [et al.] -- The mapping framework, research literature, and policy implications within a functionalist perspective / Carlo Raffo ... [et al.] -- The mapping framework, research literature, and policy implications within a socially critical perspective / Carlo Raffo ... [et al.] -- Neo-liberal urban education policy : Chicago, a paradigmatic case of the production of inequality, and racial exclusion / Pauline Lipman -- Inclusive school leadership strategies in disadvantaged schools based on student and community voice : implications for Australian educational policy / John Smyth -- Effectiveness and disadvantage in education : can a focus on effectiveness aid equity in education? / Daniel Muijs -- High hopes in a changing world : social disadvantage, educational expectations, and occupational attainment in three British cohort studies / Ingrid Schoon -- Area-based initiatives in English education : what place for place and space? / Ruth Lupton -- A critical pedagogy of global place : regeneration in and as action / Pat Thomson -- Leaving school and moving on : poverty, urban youth and learning identities / Meg Maguire -- The challenges of poverty and urban education in Canada : lessons from two school boards / Jane Gaskell and Ben Levin -- Policy and the policy process / Helen Gunter ... [et al.] -- Poverty and educational policy initiatives: a review / Carlo Raffo ... [et al.] -- What is to be done? : implications for policy makers / Alan Dyson ... [et al.].