The Way Class Works: Readings on School, Family, and the Economy

by Lois Weis

Book Overview

Since the 1980s, the relationship between social class and education has been overshadowed by scholarship more generally targeting issues of race, gender, and representation. Today, with the global economy deeply immersed in social inequalities, there is pressing need for serious class-based analyses of schooling, family life and social structure. The Way Class Works is a collection of twenty-four groundbreaking essays on the material conditions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415957087
• ISBN13: 9780415957083
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.1" x 9.8"