The social differentiation of the educational system

Sociology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 255-272

  Vanderstraeten, Raf ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Education; Functional differentiation; Interaction; Luhmann; Organization; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642522602     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038504040863     Document Type: Review

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