Truancy
The Politics of Compulsory Schooling
Published on 1. June 1992
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-335-09615-2 (ISBN)
Description
This text explores the ethnography of truancy in its educational, political, legal, economic and ideological contexts. It attempts to discover how absences may be construed; what absentees from school actually do; and who is responsible for them.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Milton Keynes
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
references, index
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 159 mm
Weight
360 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-335-09615-2 (9780335096152)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Truancy and compulsory schooling - a socio-historical account; researching school attendance; modes of regulation; modes of resistance; schooling, truancy and the new ERA. Appendices.