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Degrees of Control : A Sociology of Educational Expansion and Occupational Credentialism
author
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Brown, David K.
publisher
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Teachers College Press
isbn10 | asin
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0807734527
print isbn13
:
9780807734520
ebook isbn13
:
9780585349305
language
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English
subject
Degrees, Academic--Social aspects--United States, Education, Higher--Social aspects--United States, College graduates--United States.
publication date
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1995
lcc
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LB2390.B76 1995eb
ddc
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378.2/4/0973
subject
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Degrees, Academic--Social aspects--United States, Education, Higher--Social aspects--United States, College graduates--United States.
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Degrees of Control
A Sociology of Educational Expansion and Occupational Credentialism
David K. Brown
Foreword by David F. Labaree
Page iv
Published by Teachers College Press, 1234 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027
Copyright 1995 by Teachers College, Columbia University
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission from the publisher.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Brown, David K., 1955 Degrees of control : a sociology of educational expansion and occupational credentialism / David K. Brown ; foreword by David F. Labaree. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-8077-3452-7 (alk. paper) 1. Degrees, AcademicSocial aspectsUnited States. 2. Education, HigherSocial aspectsUnited States. 3. College graduatesUnited States. I. Title. LB2390.B76 1995 378.2'4'0973dc20 95-13196
ISBN 0-8077-3452-7 (cloth) Printed on acid-free paper Manufactured in the United States of America 02 01 00 99 98 97 96 95 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Page v
For My Mother and Father
Page vii
Contents
Foreword
by David F. Labaree
ix
Preface
xvii
1. Introduction
1
The Basic Argument and Historical Narrative
3
Historical Demographics of Higher Educational Change
10
Sociological vs. Historical Knowledge: A Methodological Overture
18
The Chapters That Follow
21
2. The Historical Sociology of Credentialism: A Critical Appraisal
23
Functionalism, Education, and Occupational Skills
24
Too Much Economic Rationality in the Wrong Place: Human Capital Theory
29
The Ruling Class, Higher Education, and Occupations
31
Randall Collins' The Credential Society: Was Multi-Ethnic Conflict Crucial?
36
Margaret Archer's Sociology of Educational Expansion
43
Conclusion
46
3. A Theory of Educational Credentialism
48
Formation of an Institutional Base
51
An Agency for the Production of Agents
54
A Specification of the Concept of Formally Taught Skill
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