ABSTRACT
This book, first published in 1985, provides a clear readable account of the principal sociological approaches to education. It is organised around the three main sociological perspectives on education: the Durkheimian and Functionalist, the Marxist and the Interpretative. It concentrates on the most important and interesting writers within each
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|105 pages
Durkheim and the Functionalist Tradition
part II|120 pages
The Marxist Perspective
part III|107 pages
The Interpretive Approach