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| Repressive state apparatuses |
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| Ideological state apparatuses |
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| The correspondence principle |
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| Bowles and Gintis's concept that describes the way that the organisation and control of schools mirrors the workplace in capitalist societies. |
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| Includes all the things that are learnt and aquired simply through everyday routines in schools e.g. obedient attitude, conformity, and competitiveness. |
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| Functionalists argue that the education system is meritocratic, but Bowles and Gintis claim that meritocracy is an ideology that legitimises inequality by falsely claiming that everyone has equal opportunities, and that unequal rewards are the natural result of unequal ability. |
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| A highly skilled, adaptable workforce combined with computerised technology makes for a flexible specialist society, meaning that industry can respond swiftly to changing consumer demands, and can produce small and customised markets too. |
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