The Political Construction of Education: The State, School Expansion, and Economic Change

by Bruce Fuller

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Political actors within the modern state--in both the West and the Third World--argue that more schooling can provide remedies for a variety of economic and social ills. But what is the state's actual efficacy in sparking demands for, and constructing effective forms of, mass schooling? Is the state really an effective agent relative to educational demands originating from other institutions: competing economic interests, the family, and the school...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:027593831X

ISBN13:9780275938314

Release Date:April 1992

Publisher:Praeger

Length:280 Pages

Weight:1.40 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Education Education & Reference Political Science Politics & Social Sciences

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