Mass Education, Global Capital, and the World - The Theoretical Lenses of Istvan Meszaros and Immanuel Wallerstein

"Immanuel Wallerstein and Istvâan Mâeszâaros are prolific scholars whose analyses of global capitalism in crisis offer distinctive insight for research across the social sciences. This book engages readers with their main theses, encouraging the application of these in our analysis of social reality and as its mass educational institutions. Griffiths and Imre undertake this task in their presentation of work under the capitalist world-economy, and the official function of mass education to prepare workers for the global economy. They develop a timely and provocative critique of mass education for this century, challenging readers to contribute to the construction of radical alternatives"--

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• Authors: Griffiths, T Griffiths, T. Griffiths, Tom Griffiths, Tom G. Griffiths, Tom G. Imre Griffiths, R Imre, R. Imre, Robert Imre, Zsuzsa Millei
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.12.2013
• EAN: 9781137014818
• ISBN: 978-1-137-01481-8
• No. of pages: 230
• Series: Marxism and Education; Marxism and Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; B, Sociology, History of Ideas, Society, Society & social sciences, Political Theory, Social Sciences, philosophy of education, Social Sciences, general, Administration, Organization and Leadership, Organization and Leadership, Intellectual History, Philosophy & theory of education, Educational Philosophy, Education—Philosophy, School management and organization, Educational administration & organization, School administration, Intellectual life—History, Intellectual Studies, Philosophy and social sciences, Palgrave Education Collection, capital;community;education;participation