Demaine J. Sociology of Education Today

Palgrave Publishers Ltd, 2001. — 260 p.Notes on the Contributors
Introduction: Research in Sociology of Education Today
Shaping the Sociology of Education over Half-a-Century
Purpose: the dominant project
Location: the conditions of academic work
Context: opportunities and constrains
The selection principle and the focus and approaches of the sociology of education in Britain, 1950-95Feminist Sociology of Education: Dynamics, Debates and Directions
A conceptual framework
Rationalistic theorizing: `intrinsic' and extrinsic approaches
Relational epistemologies and the question of `gender' in education
Critical modernization theory
Future considerationsRethinking Social Justice: A Conceptual Analysis
Rethinking the boundaires of social justice
Four approaches to justice
Conclusion: a social justice agenda for education policy sociologyThe New IQism: Intelligence, `Ability' and the Rationing of Education
Reform and equity
The research
The A-to-C economy
Constructing `ability'
Ability, intelligence and IQuism
`Race', class and ability
Ability, selection and the rationing of education
Education as triageNew Teachers and the Question of Ethnicity
The scope of the research
The evidence of the gatekeepers
Perceived constraints on recruitment
Staying on the course or dropping out
Supporting ethnic minority studentsManufacturing The Global Locality, Customizing the School and Designing Young Workers
Researching VET in globalizing circumstances
Global economies of signs and spaces
Manufacturing place in global economies
Manufacturing enterprising young peopleDevelopment, Democracy and Deviance in Contemporary Sociology of Education
Development, democracy and deviance in education
Theorizing a new sociology of education
Complexity and Change
Communication, knowledge, memory and modeling
Human rights and transformative deviance
`Voices' in development
Trying to catch the rain
The Sociology of Comparative Education
Theories in comparative education
The three dimensions of comparative education and studies of developmentNew Class Relations in Education: the Strategies of the `Fearful' Middle Classes
The end of class?
Class in context
Class strategiesMissing: A Sociology of Educating the Middle Class
Representations of the middle classVultures and Third Ways: Recovering Mannheim's Legacy for TodayThe importance of the bigger picture
Understanding education reform
Researching the impact of education reform
Third ways?