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National Development and the World System: Educational, Economic, and Political Change, 1950-–1970

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    In education: Education and civil society

    …Meyer and Michael Hannan in National Development and the World System: Educational, Economic, and Political Change, 1950–1970 (1979), formal systems of education not only represent the means by which nation-states have modernized and prospered economically but are also the surest route to enhancing the talents of individuals. As a requirement…

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