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Extends the theoretical notions offered by Louis Althusser in his essay on ideological state apparatuses (1971) in light of criticisms of it made by sociologists of education. Althusser's thesis is described as one in which state apparatuses such as the church & the educational system work to reproduce the social relations of production by imparting a necessary competency to the labor force & inculcating an appropriate attitude toward work in the working classes. It is contended that the criticisms of sociologists of education do not detract from the force of Althusser's main thesis. However, is suggested that gender differences in the labor market do constitute an important qualification to Althusser's argument. The argument advanced asserts that schools are important instruments of discipline & control, & they function as a place in which pupils may assimilate the ideologies of the labor market in an unconscious way. This thesis is employed in an analysis of the educational system in South Africa. It is contended that Althusser's conceptual apparatus allows a critical examination of the complex relationship in South Africa, including the gendered division of the labor marker & in the home. 39 References. D. M. Smith

These original essays are planned to provide a coherent basis for an understanding of women's social and historical situation. This achieved by outlining the foundation of a systematic approach to an analysis of women's relationship to modes of production and reproduction within a materialist framework. The essays, each with a brief editorial introduction, deal with issues and perspectives brought increasingly to the fore in recent years, not only in the women's movement but in the social sciences generally. The articles are wide-ranging, covering such issues as patriarchy, paid and unpaid lab