The Education of British South Asians

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by Tahir Abbas

Palgrave

Due/Published March 2005, 208 pages, cloth

ISBN 1403916918

This analyzes the reasons for differential educational performance of South Asians, taking into consideration social class, ethnicity, capital (cultural, social and economic) and the effects of schools in the education of Bangladeshis, Indians and Pakistanis. This challenging and hard-hitting book critically informs the reader of the ways in which different ethnic minority groups achieve in education, and how.