Schools and societies / Steven Brint.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Sociology for a new century.
Main Author: Brint, Steven G.
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks : Pine Forge Press, [1998], ©1998.
Series:Sociology for a new century.
Subjects:
Educational sociology > United States.
Schools > United States > Sociological aspects.
Physical Description:xviii, 349 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Schools as social institutions
  • Schooling in the industrialized world
  • Schooling in the developing world
  • Schools and the transmission of knowledge
  • Schools and socialization
  • Schools and social selection, 1 : Opportunity
  • Schools and social selection, 2 : Inequality
  • Teaching and learning in comparative perspective
  • School reform and the possibilities of schooling.