Education in a New Society - Renewing the Sociology of Education (Broché)

In recent decades, sociology of education has been dominated by quantitative analyses of race, class, and gender gaps in educational achievement. And while there's no question that such work is important, it leaves other fruitful areas of inquiry woefully unstudied. This book takes that problem seriously, considering how the field has developed since the 1960s and arguingpowerfully for its renewal.
The sociology of education, the contributors show, largely works with themes, concepts, and theories that were generated decades ago, even as both the actual world of education and the discipline of sociology have changed considerably. The moment has come, they argue, to break free of the past and begin asking new questions—of culture, institutions, politics, knowledge, comparative education, and values—and developing new programs of empirical study.
Both rallying cry and road map, this book will galvanize the field with a new sociology of education for a new society.