Routledge Research in the Sociology of Education
About the Book Series
The series provides a platform for both established and emerging scholars to present their latest research and discuss key issues in the sociology of education. The series welcomes books on all areas of the sociology of education, including but not limited to urban education, gender and sexuality in education, equality and human and rights, disability studies, teaching and learning, theories of learning, and more.
Please send inquiries or proposals for this series to one of the following:
Manon Berset: [email protected] โ Editor, UK, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
Kirsty Murray: [email protected] โ Editor, North & South America
Kanishka Jangir: [email protected] โ Editor, Australia, New Zealand & Asia
Social Justice Dispositions in Schools: Thinking with Bourdieu, Reading Dispositions in Practice
1st Edition
By Russell Cross, Carmen Mills, Trevor Gale
August 07, 2025
Against the backdrop of equity-sensitive approaches within education policy and practice, inequalities in student attainment remain a persistent problem. In response, this book advances the concept of social justice dispositions (SJDs), offering a new perspective by shifting the focus to what ...
Education, Parenting, and Mental Health Care in Europe: The Contradictions of Building Autonomous Individuals
1st Edition
Edited
By Nicolas Marquis
June 27, 2025
This edited collection investigates, from a sociological perspective, what it means to create an autonomous individual through a novel exploration of three central fields of sociology: education, mental health care, and parenting. By linking these three aspects through their contribution to the ...
Rethinking Sociological Critique in Contemporary Education: Reflexive Dialogue and Prospective Inquiry
1st Edition
Edited
By Radhika Gorur, Paolo Landri, Romuald Normand
May 06, 2025
This book explores a new repertoire for critique in the sociology of contemporary education, focusing on emerging social theories that respond to contemporary challenges in education, education policy and governance. Presenting a variety of approaches in the sociology of education including ...
The (Dis)Order of U.S. Schooling: Zygmunt Bauman and Education for an Ambivalent World
1st Edition
By Eric Ferris
November 29, 2024
This book critically interrogates the function of schooling in the United States of America using the writings of sociologist Zygmunt Bauman. Asking whether the function is to produce citizens, workers, a combination of the two, or something altogether different, it argues that the designs of ...