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

ISBN 10: 0415957079 / ISBN 13: 9780415957076

Published by Taylor & Francis Group, 2007

About this Item

pp. 408.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Way Class Works: Readings on School, Family, and the Economy
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415957079
• ISBN 13: 9780415957076
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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 of social class and the ways in which class is produced "on the ground" in educational institutions and families. Written by the most visible and important scholars in education and the social sciences, these timely essays explore the production of class in and through the economy, family, and school, while simultaneously interrogating and challenging our understandings of social class as linked to race, gender, and nation. With essays by distinguished scholars and questions for further reflection and discussion, The Way Class Works will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars in education, sociology, and beyond.

About the Author

Lois Weis is State University of New York Distinguished Professor of Sociology of Education at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York.