It is almost twenty years since Macmillan published Jack Demaine's Contemporary Theories in the Sociology of Education . This completely new book brings together important recent work of the most prominent sociologists working in the field of education today, and reaffirms the reputation of sociology of education as an international discipline at the forefront of original research and analysis. The book examines a wide range of empirical issues and different theoretical perspectives.
About the Author: MADELEINE ARNOT Fellow of Jesus College and Lecturer in Education, University of Cambridge STEPHEN BALL Professor of Sociology of Education and Director of the Centre for Public Policy Research, King's College London ALASTAIR BONNETT Lecturer in Geography, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne BRUCE CARRINTON Professor of Education, University of Newcastle ROGER DALE Professor of Education and Associate Dean of Arts, University of Auckland LYNN DAVIES Professor of International Education and Director of the Centre for International Education and Research, University of Birmingham JO-ANNE DILLABOUGH Assistant Professor, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto SHARON GEWIRTZ Lecturer in Social Policy, Open University DAVID GILLBORN Head of Policy Studies and Reader in the Sociology of Education, Institute of Education, University of London PETER KELLY Lecturer in Social and Behavioural Studies, University of Queensland JANE KENWAY Professor of Education in the Language and Literary Research Centre, University of South Australia ANOOP NAYAK Lecturer in Social and Cultural Geography, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne SALLY POWER Senior Lecturer in Education Policy Studies, Institute of Education, University of London LARRY SAHA Reader in Sociology, Australian National University GEOFF SHORT Reader in Educational Research, University of Hertfordshire FAY SMITH Research Associate, Department of Education, University of Newcastle RICHARD TOMLIN Director, Centre for Higher Education Research, Newcastle University CHRISTINE SKELTON Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Education, University of Newcastle CAROL VINCENT Senior Lecturer in Policy Studies, Institute of Education, London University GEOFF WHITTY Karl Mannheim Professor of Sociology of Education, Institute of Education, University of London SUE WILLIS Associate Professor and Dean of Education, Murdoch University, Western Australia DEBORAH YOUDELL Research Lecturer in Policy Studies, Institute of Education, University of London