The Politics, Sociology and Economics of Education: Interdisciplinary and Comparative Perspectives (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780312174682)

This book uses international and interdisciplinary approaches to the comparative study of education in its political, sociological, and economic contexts. Major topics include critical theory, hegemony, postmodernism, oppression, disabilities, emancipation, corporatism, meritocracy, democracy, socialization, reproduction, pluralism, inequality, social analysis, postindustrialism, predatory culture, pragmatism, and 'subversion'. Educators from the US, UK, Canada, Netherlands, FRG, Israel, and Sweden survey the current educational scene in the US and Western Europe, major policy debates, and possible solutions for current public policy dilemmas.

Author: Russell F. Farnen
ISBN-10: 0312174683
ISBN-13: 9780312174682
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 09/11/1997
Pages: 294
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.09lbs
Size: 8.81h x 5.71w x 1.20d