The sociology of education and work /
David B. Bills.
- Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2004.
- xi, 250 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [210]-237)and indexes.
Education and work: establishing some terrain -- Schooling and socioeconomic success: establishing their relationship -- Two models of the relationships between education and work -- Is the U.S. a meritocratic or a credentialist society? -- Education and work in the post-industrial society -- Demographic booms and busts, aging, and the new cultural diversity -- The transformation of the high school, the coming of mass higher education, and the youth labor market -- The possibilities of a learning society -- The future of education and work.