The Routledge International Handbook of the Sociology of Education (Routledge International Handbooks of Education)

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Synopsis
This collection brings together many of the world’s leading sociologists of education to explore and address key issues and concerns within the discipline. The thirty-seven newly commissioned chapters draw upon theory and research to provide new accounts of contemporary educational processes, global trends, and changing and enduring forms of social conflict and social inequality. The research, conducted by leading international scholars in the field, indicates that two complexly interrelated agendas are discernible in the heat and noise of educational change over the past twenty-five years. The first rests on a clear articulation by the state of its requirements of education. The second promotes at least the appearance of greater autonomy on the part of educational institutions in the delivery of those requirements. The Routledge International Handbook of the Sociology of Education examines the ways in which the sociology of education has responded to these two political agendas, addressing a range of issues which cover three key areas: perspectives and theories social processes and practices inequalities and resistances. The book strongly communicates the vibrancy and diversity of the sociology of education and the nature of ‘sociological work’ in this field. It will be a primary resource for teachers, as well as a title of major interest to practising sociologists of education.
Copyright:
2010

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
430 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781135179700
Related ISBNs:
9780415486637, 9780203863701, 9780415619967
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Selection and editorial matter, Michael W. Apple, Stephen J. Ball and Luis Armando Gandin
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Education, Philosophy, Politics and Government, Sociology
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Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Luis Armando Gandin
Edited by:
Stephen J. Ball
Edited by:
Michael W. Apple

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