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The problems this book discusses are the same now as they were 25 years ago: unemployment, poor housing, inadequate facilities, poverty, racism, violence. What is the function of a school in such a situation? Although many schools hold reformist ideals, their practice is constrained by organisational demands. School organisation is based upon a coercive theory of social control which is... Read more
1. Introduction: Maladjusted Schooling. 2. Theories of Social Control, Deviance and Individuality. 3. Deviants, Disadvantage, School and Community. 4. Race, Racism, Deviance and Schooling. 5. Sex, Sexism and Deviance in School. 6. Facing the Pressure: Classroom Control, Pastoral Care and the Management of Deviance. 7. Pupil Strategies and the Process of Growing Up at School. 8. The Violent Solution. 9. The Reformation of Maladjusted Schooling. 10. Last Words. Bibiliography.
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John Schostak
