If I wanted to be controversial, as a sociologist, I might say that serial murder is “functional” for society. However, a less inflammatory way to say the same thing is that serial murder can be ...

A recent review essay of three books on effective schooling stated that the literature on school effectiveness largely adopts a functionalist view of society and schooling and the field of inquiry is ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information The prime aims of the European Journal of Education are: To examine, compare and assess education policies, trends, reforms and ...