Education State and Crisis: A Marxist Perspective

Education State and Crisis A Marxist Perspective First published in this work is a critical survey of contemporary educational debates and themes which took on new urgency and importance at the time In particular it explores the problematic n

First published in 1982, this work is a critical survey of contemporary educational debates and themes which took on new urgency and importance at the time In particular, it explores the problematic nature of progressive education and discipline the changes in the labour process and youth unemployment the nature of the state and its relationship with schooling theFirst published in 1982, this work is a critical survey of contemporary educational debates and themes which took on new urgency and importance at the time In particular, it explores the problematic nature of progressive education and discipline the changes in the labour process and youth unemployment the nature of the state and its relationship with schooling the growth of state intervention and the specific forms of discrimination suffered by women and black people.It argues that trends in education at the time can be explained by a Marxist analysis It suggests that the changes taking place in schools and colleges were expressions of the contradictions of capitalism and of the state s attempt to restructure education.