Overview
- Provides a comprehensive overview of the field of education as viewed from a sociological perspective
- Experts in the area present theoretical and empirical research on major educational issues
- Includes an analysis of the social processes that govern schooling
- Presents the role of schools in and their impact on contemporary society
- Shows the macro and micro level processes that make up the educational environment
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research (HSSR)
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Table of contents (26 chapters)
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Introduction
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Theoretical and Methodological Orientations
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Development and Expansion of Education
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The Study of Access to Schooling
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The Study of School Organization
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Handbook of the Sociology of Education
Editors: Maureen T. Hallinan
Series Title: Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-36424-2
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2000
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-46238-2Published: 30 April 2000
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-387-32517-0Published: 02 June 2006
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-36424-7Published: 24 November 2006
Series ISSN: 1389-6903
Series E-ISSN: 2542-839X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 588
Topics: Sociology, general, Education, general