The main concern of this research is to study the influence\ud
of class power, culture and ideologies on educational\ud
policies, access and practices in the context of the changing\ud
political, economic and social policies of Egypt during the\ud
modern period.\ud
In order to study that, the thesis works on two levels,\ud
theoretical and empirical.\ud
The theoretical level presents the historical, methodological\ud
and theoretical broad context for the empirical study. This\ud
includes the study of the following:\ud
1.- The economic and political situation in Egypt,\ud
2.- State power and social class formation, and\ud
3.- The system and policies of education in Egypt.\ud
The empirical study is concerned with study of the following\ud
subjects:\ud
1.- Cultural and ideological perspectives of members from\ud
different class positions,\ud
2.- Class perspectives on general educational issues,\ud
3.- The ways in which 1 and 2 influence the distribution of\ud
educational opportunities for members from different class\ud
positions, and\ud
4.- Differences between and within social classes concerning\ud
the above points