The discipline and practice of education has largely been circumscribed within discussions privileging its role and importance in the growth and development of a country’s social and economic status.

The British Journal of Sociology, Vol. 35, No. 1 (Mar., 1984), pp. 1-18 (18 pages) The equilibrium model has long been used in sociology. It has been especially prominent in structural-functional ...

As a feature of social change and as an aspect of social stratification, ageing and age groups have been seriously neglected by sociological theory. This article attempts to conceptualise age groups ...