Description: ...a book in which theory and historical detail are blended together in a way that slights neither...deserves a readership beyond specialists in comparative sociology of education and historical sociology. American Journal of Sociology In this exceptionally well-written and theoretically informed study, John Boli develops a provocative theory to account for this fundamental change in society and in the everyday reality of children...extremely impressive Contemporary Sociology ...an important contribution...he shows very clearly that the common arguments put forward as to why mass schooling took place are contradicted by the case of Sweden...one finds it unusual that a theory of hypothesis is carried out with such consistency and energy as that of Boli's book. International Review of Education ...he articulates the most comprehensive liberal theory of the relationship between state, school, and society that I have come accross. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies

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