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Portuguese Journal of Social Science, 2014
Early School Leaving (ESL) is the indicator used by Eurostat to measure school dropout and by the... more Early School Leaving (ESL) is the indicator used by Eurostat to measure school dropout and by the European Union to establish targets for education policies. It is an indicator that holds as reference the schooling level certification and, as such, a measure of school achievement based on a comprehensive perspective of educational/training activities, including informal and non-formal learning.
Comparative Sociology, 2014
This article aims at deconstructing the "pigs" label, bestowed by the media on four southern Euro... more This article aims at deconstructing the "pigs" label, bestowed by the media on four southern European countries -Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece -in the wake of the ongoing Eurozone debt crisis. The article will demonstrate that the "pigs" label has no correspondence to reality by discussing the evolution of several European countries on the fields of economy, education, social policies and health. The "pigs" label should be viewed instead as an instance of symbolic discrimination and as part of an hegemonic narrative aiming at legitimizing austerity policies in Southern Europe and postulating the incompatibility between social development and economic growth.
Portuguese Journal of Social Science, 2014
Early School Leaving (ESL) is the indicator used by Eurostat to measure school dropout and by the... more Early School Leaving (ESL) is the indicator used by Eurostat to measure school dropout and by the European Union to establish targets for education policies. It is an indicator that holds as reference the schooling level certification and, as such, a measure of school achievement based on a comprehensive perspective of educational/training activities, including informal and non-formal learning.
Comparative Sociology, 2014
This article aims at deconstructing the "pigs" label, bestowed by the media on four southern Euro... more This article aims at deconstructing the "pigs" label, bestowed by the media on four southern European countries -Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece -in the wake of the ongoing Eurozone debt crisis. The article will demonstrate that the "pigs" label has no correspondence to reality by discussing the evolution of several European countries on the fields of economy, education, social policies and health. The "pigs" label should be viewed instead as an instance of symbolic discrimination and as part of an hegemonic narrative aiming at legitimizing austerity policies in Southern Europe and postulating the incompatibility between social development and economic growth.