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Apple, Michael W. – Educational Theory, 1992
The article examines Basil Bernstein's research on power relations in education, discussing class formation, class essentialism, and changing nature. It describes new ways of approaching relationships between culture and power, noting the neo-Marxist-oriented sociology of education, and stressing the importance of keeping class relations in the…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Educational Sociology, Marxism, Politics of Education