| Schools and Societies Contributor(s): Brint, Steven (Author) |
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ISBN: 0803990596 ISBN-13: 9780803990593 Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc OUR PRICE: $122.55 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1998 Annotation: For use as the core text for Sociology of Education courses offered in Sociology Departments and Social Foundations of Education courses offered in Schools of Education. ""Schools and Societies is a gem of volume that combines in one comprehensive text superb theoretical acuity and scholarly judgment, a keen sense of the connection of research to policy, and a breadth of coverage that reflects the multidimensionality of education as an institution in a manner rare in social-scientific treatments of education. It deserves to be the leading survey of this field for a long time to come." Paul DiMaggio, Princeton University |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Popular Culture - Social Science | Sociology - General - Education |
| Dewey: 306.43 |
| LCCN: 97033953 |
| Series: Sociology for a New Century |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 6.62" W x 9.26" (1.25 lbs) 368 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Schools and Societies the author demonstrates that more than any other major institution, schooling and schools are political, and virtually everyone has opinions to voice and interests to promote. Steven Brint musters a wealth of comparative material to show how schooling around the world is shaped by social forces even as it tries to shape the societies of the future. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brint, Steven: - Steven Brint, (Ph.D. Harvard University), is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Riverside. He is the author of In An Age of Experts: The Changing Role of Professionals in Politics and Public Life (Princeton University Press, 1994). He is also co-author with Jerome Karabel of The Diverted Dream: Community Colleges and the Promise of Educational Opportunity in America, 1900-1980 (Oxford University Press, 1989), which won the American Educational Research Association's "distinguished publication" award in 1991. |