| Description |
1 online resource (225 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Library Editions: Education |
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Routledge library editions. Education.
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| Contents |
MARXIST PERSPECTIVES IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION; Copyright; Marxist perspectives in the sociology of education; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Marxism and the culture concept; Chapter 2 Social structure; Chapter 3 Industrial societies and education; Chapter 4 Social mobility or social revolution?; Chapter 5 Social class and education; Chapter 6 Family, class and education; Chapter 7 Language and deprivation; Chapter 8 Sociology and schools; Chapter 9 Marxist universalism; Select bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
The major theories explored are those concerned with social mobility and those which derive from a relativist position in Sociology, both of which see education as a selection mechanism for a stratified society. Social class, family, sociolinguistics and schools are among the topics discussed. In this analysis the author: defines key areas in the sociology of education gives access to important concepts of Marx and Engels strengthens sociological starting points by adding a Marxist element discriminates between radically different directions in education maps the main features of long-term wor |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203128312 |
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0203128311 |
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1280672811 |
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9781280672811 |
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