Cultural and Economic Reproduction in Education - Essays on Class, Ideology and the State

First published in 1982, this collection of essays provides an analysis of education's contradictory role in social reproduction. It looks at the complex relations between the economic, political and cultural spheres of society, both historically and at the time of publication.

List of contents

Acknowledgements; Authors; 1. Reproduction and contradiction in education: an introduction Michael W. Apple 2. Education and class formation: the peculiarities if the Americans David Hogan 3. Education, economy and the State Martin Carnoy 4. Education and the capitalist State: contributions and contradictions Roger Dale 5. Schooling and the reproduction of patriarchy: unequal workloads, unequal rewards Gail P. Kelly and Ann S. Nihlen 6. The arts in class reproduction Paul DiMaggio and Michael Useem 7. Television’s screens: hegemony in transition Todd Gitlin 8. Curricular form and the logic of technical control: building the possessive individual Michael W. Apple 9. Structure, text, and subject: a critical sociology of school knowledge Philip Wexler 10. Codes, Modalities and the process of cultural reproduction: a model Basil Bernstein; Index

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Michael W. Apple

Summary

First published in 1982, this collection of essays provides an analysis of education’s contradictory role in social reproduction. It looks at the complex relations between the economic, political and cultural spheres of society, both historically and at the time of publication.

Product details

• Authors: Michael W. (University of Wisconsin Apple, Michael W. (University of Wisconsin-Madison Apple
• Assisted by: Michael W. Apple (Editor), Apple Michael W. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.04.2017
• EAN: 9780415786386
• ISBN: 978-0-415-78638-6
• No. of pages: 370
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Sociology of Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; EDUCATION / Educational Psychology, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, EDUCATION / Learning Styles, EDUCATION / Aims & Objectives, Educational psychology, Educational strategies & policy, Moral and social purpose of education, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Moral & social purpose of education, Educational strategies and policy