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The Palgrave Handbook of Race and Ethnic Inequalities in Education

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The aim of this chapter is to analytically describe and categorize the research conducted in Finland on educational inequalities faced by students of ethnic minority backgrounds. The focus is mainly on secondary education examinations between 1990 and 2010. Because in Finland scientific attention to ethnic inequalities has been paid on only recently the data for this analysis remained rare, and most of our criticisms are directed towards the absence of sociological perception in understanding this phenomenon.

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  1. Päivi Harinen
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Ghent University, Belgium

    Peter A. J. Stevens

  2. University of Houston, USA

    A. Gary Dworkin

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Harinen, P., Sabour, M. (2014). Finland. In: Stevens, P.A.J., Dworkin, A.G. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Race and Ethnic Inequalities in Education. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137317803_11

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