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The Political Construction of Mass Schooling: European Origins and Worldwide Institutionalization
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This paper examines the origins of state educational systems in Europe in the nineteenth century and the institutionalization of mass education throughout the world in the twentieth century. We offer a theoretical interpretation of mass state-sponsored schooling that emphasizes the role of education in the nation-building efforts of states competing with one another within the European interstate system. We show that political, economic, and cultural developments in Europe led to a model of the legitimate national society that became highly institutionalized in the European (and later, world) cultural frame. This model made the construction of a mass educational system a major and indispensable component of every modern state's activity. We discuss the usefulness of this perspective for understanding recent cross-national studies of education.
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- Authors
- Ramirez, F. O., & Boli, J.
- Venue
- Sociology of Education
- Publisher
- JSTOR
- Published
- 1987-01
- Volume
- 60
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 2
- ISSN
- 0038-0407 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2078703584
- Cited by
- 716
- References
- 39
- FWCI
- 29.46
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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