‘Parental choice’, consumption and social theory: The operation of micro‐markets in education

British Journal of Educational Studies 42 (1):38-52 (1994)
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Using key writings in the sociology of consumption and consumerism and analyses of the nature of postmodern society, this paper considers how parents decide upon a secondary school and the nature of their engagement with the education market.

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The Sociological Imagination.C. Wright Mills - 1960 - British Journal of Educational Studies 9 (1):75-76.

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