If Schools Didn’t Exist

If Schools Didn’t Exist

A Study in the Sociology of Schools

Nils Christie

Translated and edited by Lucas Cone and Joachim Wiewiura

Foreword by Judith Suissa

The MIT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Christie, Nils, 1928-2015 author. | Cone, Lucas, translator. |

Wiewiura, Joachim, translator.

Title: If schools didn’t exist : a study in the sociology of schools /

Nils Christie ; Translated and edited by Lucas Cone and Joachim Wiewiura ; With a foreword by Judith Suissa.

Other titles: Hvis skolen ikke fantes. English

Description: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2020] |

“First published in 1971”-- Title page. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019034678 | ISBN 9780262538893 (paperback)

Subjects: LCSH: Educational sociology--Norway. | Education--Norway.

Classification: LCC LC206.N8 .C45 2020 | DDC 306.4309481--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019034678

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