The sociology of education and work

Main Author: Bills, David B., 1953-
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2004.
Physical Description: xi, 250 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects:
Item Description: Includes bibliographical references (pages [210]-237)and indexes.
Education and work: establishing some terrain -- Schooling and socioeconomic success: establishing their relationship -- Two models of the relationships between education and work -- Is the U.S. a meritocratic or a credentialist society? -- Education and work in the post-industrial society -- Demographic booms and busts, aging, and the new cultural diversity -- The transformation of the high school, the coming of mass higher education, and the youth labor market -- The possibilities of a learning society -- The future of education and work.
Physical Description: xi, 250 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [210]-237)and indexes.
ISBN: 0631223622
9780631223627
0631223630
9780631223634