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Parentocracy is defined as 'a system whereby the education a child recieves must conform to the wealth and the wishes of parents rather than the abilities and efforts of pupils' (Brown, 1990:65). It can be compared to a meritocracy, in which educational and financial rewards are distributed according to abilities and efforts.

References

Brown, P. (1990) The 'third wave':education and the ideology of parentocracy. British Journal of Sociology 11:1.

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