Books by Carlos Alberto Torres

In this study of nonformal education in Latin America, the author argues that rather than providing new training for the labour force and improving the lot of the poor, the education policies in Latin America play an integral role in the governments's attempts to legitimize the capitalist state.

This text looks at developments that are changing our understanding of the role of education in citizenship and the possibilities of democratic participation. It reviews theories of citizenship and education and challenges educators to think more politically about education.

This volume provides a critical sociology of religion in Latin America. Its purpose is to discuss the notion of religion as part of social, cultural and political processes in capitalist societies, drawing on the classics of sociological thought.

In dialogues with eleven key thinkers in the area of critical education, this book documents how a tradition of study grew in the United States. Through in-depth interviews these thinkers talk about their personal experiences and their work.