Attempts to underscore the relevance of an anthropological perspective for the study of what educators call "educational problems". Considers the area of cross-cultural studies of education and socialization in the broadest sense, the comparative study of schools as institutions within a particular socio-cultural context, school ethnography, and…

Elite secondary boarding schools educate and socialize students from socially elite backgrounds in ways that reflect the different characters of English and American society. Observations and interviews in 5 English and 12 American elite schools focused on leadership styles; discipline; curriculum; teaching style; and the structure of…

Evaluates the relative importance of educational, economic, and cultural factors in supporting the emergence and stability of democracy. Data from over 100 countries on long-term changes in democracy, 1965-80 and 1980-88, support an institutional perspective that emphasizes the impact of elite higher education (as opposed to mass education and…