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The Effects of Education as an Institution

Meyer, John W.·1977·American Journal of Sociology
DOI 10.1086/226506
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Education is usually seen as affecting society by socializing individuals. Recently this view has been attacked with the argument that education is a system of allocation, conferring success on some and failure on others. The polemic has obscured some of the interesing implications of allocation theory for socialization theory and for research on the effects of education. But allocation theory, too, focuses on educational effects on individuals being processed. It turns out to be a special case of a more general macrosociological theory of the effects of education as a system of legitimation. Education restructures whole populations, creating and expanding elites and redefining the rights and obligations of members. The institutional effects of education as a legitimation system are explored. Comparative and experimental studies are suggested.

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Authors
Meyer, J. W.
Venue
American Journal of Sociology
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Published
1977-07
Volume
83
Issue
1
Pages
55-77
ISSN
  • 0002-9602 (ISSN-L)
  • 1537-5390
DOI
10.1086/226506
OpenAlex
W1983642261
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1,216
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Type
journal article
Language
en
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