The sociology of education is a rich interdisciplinary field that studies schools as their own social world as well as their place within the larger society
Anxious children may be afraid to be out of their parents' sight
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Emeritus Professor of Social Psychology
Nolan convincingly illustrates how the state increasingly turns to the therapeutic ethos as a justification for its programs and policies
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