Contemporary Debates in the Sociology of Education

Michael Atkinson, University of Toronto, CanadaKeri Facer, University of Bristol, UKCarolyn Jackson, Lancaster University, UKMichael Kehler, The University of Western Ontario, CanadaWolfgang Lehmann, The University of Western Ontario, CanadaZeus Leonardo, University of California, Berkeley, USABob Lingard, The University of Queensland, AustraliaHeather Mendick, Brunel University, UKKagendo Mutua, University of Alabama, USASandra Nichols, University of Alabama, USARita Nikolai, Humboldt-University Berlin, GermanyAudrey Osler, Buskerud University College, Norway Steven Roberts, University of Kent, UKStephen T. Russell, University of Arizona, USASam Sellar, The University of Queensland, AustraliaNeil Selwyn, Monash University, AustraliaKaterina O. Sinclair, University of Arizona, USAElisabeth Morgan Thompson, LFA Group, USAHoang Tran, University of California, Berkeley, USAAnne West, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

"This isn't another trot through the standard arguments within the sociology of education. It examines some of the key issues that will define the character of education systems over the next decade. It should be compulsory reading!" - Phillip Brown, Cardiff University, UK "This engaging book is not just about debates within the sociology of education, it also demonstrates how sociological perspectives can help us understand the ways in which contemporary policies and practices in education reproduce or challenge existing and emerging inequalities." - Geoff Whitty, Institute of Education, University of London, UK "This book offers ample evidence of the continuing importance of applying a sociological lens to the education landscape. Contemporary Debates in the Sociology of Education offers international, timely and critical perspectives on educational policies, practices and processes. The contributors show how the key sociological concepts of social justice and inequality remain pertinent to understanding the continuities and complexities of education." - Amanda Coffey, Cardiff University, UK "This collection serves its purpose of stimulating thought on the contemporary debates of the sociology of education and as such would provide an excellent starting point for those new to the field or who are currently engaged within education but would like to explore a more sociological analysis of some of the issues and challenges they face." - Jon Rainford's blog "a key aim of the book, according to the editors, is both to advance debates within the sociology of education and also to raise its importance as a subdiscipline which I would say they have achieved. It is an interesting, informative and thought-provoking book which I recommend to all sociologists and educationists." Gill Crozier, British Journal of Educational Studies

• 1. Contemporary Debates within the Sociology of Education: An Introduction; Rachel Brooks, Mark McCormack and Kalwant Bhopal 2. Globalization and Sociology of Education Policy: The Case of PISA; Bob Lingard and Sam Sellar 3. Education Policy, Human Rights, Citizenship and Cohesion; Audrey Osler 4. School Type and Inequality; Rita Nikolai and Anne West 5. We Know What They Earn, but What Do They Learn?: A Critique of Lifelong Learning through the Lens of Workplace Learning at the Bottom of the Service Sector; Steven Roberts 6. In a Class of their Own: How Working-class Students Experience University; Wolfgang Lehmann 7. Examining the (Em)bodied Boundaries of High School Locker Rooms; Michael Kehler and Michael Atkinson 8. Adolescent and Disabled or Adolescence Disabled? Education and the Construction of Gendered Identities Among Adolescents with Intellectual Disability; Kagendo Mutua and Sandra Cooley Nichols 9. It's How You Look or What You Like: Gender Harassment at School and its Association with Student Adjustment; Elisabeth Morgan Thompson, Katerina O. Sinclair, Riki Wilchins & Stephen T. Russell 10. What is so Liberal about Neoliberalism?: Schooling, Law and Limitations of Race-neutral Reforms; Zeus Leonardo and Hoang Tran 11. Fear In and About Education; Carolyn Jackson 12. Choosing Subjects: Sociological Approaches to Young Women's Subject Choices; Heather Mendick 13. Towards a Sociology of Education and Technology; Keri Facer and Neil Selwyn