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Schools and societies

Paperback • 2017

Schools and societies

By Steven Brint

6 Ratings • 4.7 of 5

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About the book

Schools and Societies provides a synthesis of key issues in the sociology of education, focusing on American schools while offering a global, comparative context. Acknowledged as a standard text in its first two editions, this fully revised and updated third edition offers a broader sweep, stronger theoretical foundation, and a new concluding chapter on the possibilities of schooling. Instructors, students, and policymakers interested in education and society will find all quantitative data up t...Show more

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9780804782470

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2017

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