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This Handbook provides an authoritative exposition of equality of opportunity. It presents the different concepts most commonly associated with equality of opportunity, and discusses the many problems dominating the controversies on equality of opportunity at the theoretical, policy or practical level. The chapters give a concise exposition of the different conceptions and basic concepts of equal opportunities. They clarify variables that are part of the 'algorithm of equal opportunities', e.g. opportunity, equality, non-discrimination, fairness, responsibility, chance and choice, excellence, qualifications, effort, talent, merit, desert, inequality, and risk.   The idea of equality of opportunity has traditionally been associated with a set of largely unquestioned ideals, and over the last 50 years, it has been at the very centre of the major progressive social changes and firmly entrenched in political rhetoric. Yet, the idea of equality of opportunity is far from unquestionable or unproblematic as the only solid assumption different conceptions have in common is their rejection of fixed social relations but not hierarchy itself. Disagreements over the fundamental principles, criticism over the inefficiency of policies aiming to ensure equal opportunities, and objections to their unfairness, all pose questions that current conceptions answer in different ways. This Handbook examines a wide variety of questions about issues of motivation, procedures, genealogy, taxonomy, and compensation.

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Mitja Sardoč is senior researcher at the Educational Research Institute in Ljubljana and a researcher at the Faculty of Social Sciences (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia). His research interests and expertise include philosophy of education, political philosophy, and education policy. Over the last two decades, he has been member of several (national and international) research projects on equality of opportunity, multiculturalism, diversity, patriotism, education reform, radicalization and violent extremism, citizenship education, etc. He is author of more than 50 scholarly articles and book chapters as well as editor of a number of journal special issues on equality of opportunity, the American Dream, citizenship education, radicalization and violent extremism, multiculturalism, toleration, and patriotism. He acted as an expert for various research initiatives including the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the Council of Europe, and the Slovene Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He also carried out consultancy work for other international institutions (e.g., Cardiff University, ODIHR). He is Managing Editor of Theory and Research in Education (http://tre.sagepub.com/), Editor-in-Chief of The Handbook of Patriotism, The Palgrave Handbook on Toleration, co-editor of The Routledge Handbook on the American Dream, and editor of The Impacts of Neoliberal Discourse and Language in Education published by Routledge. He also published a collection of interviews entitled Making Sense of Radicalization and Violent Extremism (Routledge, 2022) and convened a book symposium journal special issue on Michael Sandel’s book The Tyranny of Merit.  

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