Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-246) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : Research in sociology of education today / Jack Demaine -- Shaping the sociology of education over half-a-century / Roger Dale -- Feminist sociology of education : dynamics, debates and directions / Jo-Anne Dillabough and Madeleine Arnot -- Rethinking social justice : a conceptual analysis / Sharon Gewirtz -- The new IQism : intelligence, 'ability' and the rationing of education / David Gillborn and Deborah Youdell -- New teachers and the question of ethnicity / Bruce Carrington ... [et al.] -- Manufacturing the global locality, customizing the school and designing young workers / Jane Kenway, Peter Kelly and Sue Willis -- Development, democracy and deviance in contemporary sociology of education / Lynn Davies -- The sociology of comparative education / Lawrence Saha -- New class relations in education : the strategies of the 'fearful' middle classes / Stephen Ball and Carol Vincent -- Missing : a sociology of educating the middle class / Sally Power -- Vultures and third ways : recovering Mannheim's legacy for today / Geoff Whitty.
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