Social Change and Education in Greece: A Study in Class Struggle Dynamics (Marxism and Education)

Spyros Themelisaims To Inform Students, Scholars, And Educators About The Complex Processes And Factors That Promote Or Impede Education's Potential To Enhance Individual Advancement Within The Socioeconomic Structure Of A Late-industrialized Country, Namely Greece, Within The Context Of Modern Capitalism. At The Same Time, He Offers A Critique Of The Instrumental Role That Education Has Played In Similar Contexts, Where Education's Potential Has Been Restricted To The Promotion Of Economic Imperatives At The Expense Of Wider Considerations, Such As Self-fulfillment, Intellectual And Spiritual Development, And The Family And Wider Community. Social Stratification And Class Analysis -- Social Mobility : Issues, Trends And Critique -- The Political Economy, Social Stratification And Class Formation In Postwar Greece -- Education, Social Mobility And The Question Of Meritocracy -- Contextualizing The Case Study -- Quantitative Aspects Of Social Mobility -- Occupational Trajectories And Experiences Of Mobility -- Alternative Pathways To Social Mobility : The Role Of Migratin, Marriage, And Political Patronage. Spyros Themelis. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 239-259) And Index.