Schooling, Childhood, and Bureaucracy: Bureaucratizing the Child

Waters, T.

In exploring the relationship between bureaucratic schooling and the individual child, Waters describes the persistence of educational inequality, child development, and the nature of bureaucracy. The conclusions point out how education bureaucracies frame both schooling and childhood as they relentlessly seek to create ever more perfect children.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2012-09-24

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137269713

DOI: 10.1057/9781137269720

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 255