The Credential Society: An Historical Sociology of Education and Stratification.

Christopher F. Armstrong, Randall Collins

Social Forces · 1981 · 1.8K citations · 0 references

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Preface to the Legacy Edition Foreword, by Tressie M. Cottom Foreword, by Mitchell L. Stevens 1. The Myth of Technocracy 2. Organizational Careers 3. The Political Economy of Culture 4. The United States in Historical Time 5. The Rise of the Credential System 6. The Politics of Professions 7. The Politics of a Sinecure Society References Index