THE EDUCATION SYSTEM AS A CHANNEL FOR RECRUITING THE POLITICAL ELITE IN THE UK
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Solovieva Daria D. aspirant kafedry sravnitelnoy politologii
Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia
Abstract:
The article examines the role of the higher education system in the UK in recruiting the political elite from 1945 to the present. In particular, biographies of members of the UK cabinet of ministers are examined, with particular emphasis on the level of education, educational institution and specialization. The article analyzes some measures of reforming the education system in order to maintain its role as an effective recruitment channel, but at the same time to make it more open, and the political elite, respectively, more representative. The author determines the most common educational institutions and specializations, studies the composition of the cabinet of ministers for the concentration of individual educational institutions, calculates the level of competition of universities. Based on the analysis, the existence of a stable channel for recruiting the political elite is proved, which, on the one hand, allows the recruitment of state functionaries of a high professional level, but on the other hand, widens the worldview gap between the political elite and the country's population.
How to Cite:
Solovieva D.D., (2019), THE EDUCATION SYSTEM AS A CHANNEL FOR RECRUITING THE POLITICAL ELITE IN THE UK. Sociopolitical Sciences, 6 => 22-26.
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Keywords:
UK political elite, education system, recruitment channel.


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