“…Uses a unique series of social surveys to study education and social change in ScotlandPresents Scotland's internationally unique series of surveys of school students, from the late 1940s to the new century, with no parallel internationally in its longevity, range of topic, and depthUses Scotland as a case study as it experienced all the major educational changes of the developed world in the second half of the 20th centuryDraws comparison to domestic education reform in England and WalesDraws comparison internationally with the rest of Europe and north America, and especially with France, the Netherlands and IrelandThe social basis of these changes is systematically investigated: who benefited, who did not, did these divides narrow or widen, and what are the consequences for opportunity and civic values?…”