Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis's "Schooling in Capitalist America," a classic book in the field of education, has become more influential in the last twenty years than it was during the first several years following its publication. Interestingly, however, there are some widespread misconceptions about the book. In this paper, Jianguo…

Overall aim of this paper is to identify and clarify a conceptual framework which can be used by educators to formulate a more adequate relation between public education and the democratic way of life. (Author)