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Social Origins of Educational Systems

Margaret Archer
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Antecedent Period
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Assertive Group
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Central Government
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comparative education
Comprehensive Reorganization
conflict
control
cultural determinants learning
Direct Grant Schools
dominant
Educational Conflict
Educational Control
Educational Interaction
Educational Interest Groups
Elite Relations
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External Interest Groups
External Transactions
Governing Bodies
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Hadow Reorganization
historical evolution education systems
Initial Bargaining Positions
institutional change theory
interaction
Internal Initiation
IVth Republic
macro sociological analysis
Multiple Integration
national curriculum development
Negotiating Strength
Non-graduate Teachers
outputs
Resource Holders
Secondary Instruction
state
STATE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS
state schooling systems
Substitutive Origins
Young Men

Product details

  • ISBN 9780415639033
  • Weight: 1730g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 31 Jan 2013
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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First published in 1979, this now classic text presents a major study of the development of educational systems, focusing in detail on those of England, Denmark, France, and Russia - chosen because of their present educational differences and the historical diversity of their cultures and social structures. Professor Archer goes on to provide a theoretical framework which accounts for the major characteristics of national education and the principal changes that such systems have undergone.

Now with a new introduction, Social Origins of Educational Systems is vital reading for all those interested in the sociology of education.

Previously published reviews:

'A large-scale masterly study, this book is the most important contribution to the sociology of education since the second world war as well as being a substantial contribution to the consolidation of sociology itself.' - The Economist

'I cannot improve on her own statement of what she is trying to do: 'The sociological contribution consists in providing a theoretical account of macroscopic patterns of change in terms of the structural and cultural factors which produce and sustain them'...Unquestionably, this book is an impressive work of scholarship, well planned conceptually and uniting its theoretical base with a set of four thoroughly and interestingly researched case-studies of the history of the educational systems of Denmark, England, France and Russia.' - British Journal of the Sociology of Education

'This magnificent treatise seriously explores many of the most recalcitrant questions about institutional systems.' - Journal of Curriculum Studies

'A gargantuan and impressive socio-historical enterprise.' - Encounter

'...a major achievement.' - New Society
About Margaret Archer
My fascination with structure (where do they come from and how do they exert effects) was prompted by moving from the London School of Economics to become a post-doctoral student at the Sorbonne. Those were the years of the 1968 événements. It seemed to me that the centralised structure of the French educational system was equally central in accounting for a political outburst which very nearly toppled the Fifth Republic. Conversely, the (then) decentralised nature of English education prompted localised outbursts, whose effects diffused rather than accumulating. The next seven years were devoted to understanding the structuring of national educational systems and their consequences for educational interaction and change. Thus Social Origins of Educational Systems (Sage 1979) is the key book for understanding the research trajectory that followed. Margaret Archer is Professor of Social Theory Directrice: Centre d'Ontologie Sociale Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne

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