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Alexander, P. (2020)
This book examines the nature of age as an aspect of social identity and its relationship to experiences of formal education. Providing a new and critical approach to debates …
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Hoskins, B., Janmaat, J. G. (2019)
This book posits that national education systems are enhancing socioeconomic inequalities in political engagement. While the democratic ideal is social equality in political …
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Abdul-Jabbar, W. K. (2019)
This book, framed through the notion of double consciousness, brings postcolonial constructs to sociopolitical and pedagogical studies of youth that have yet to find serious …
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Mackinlay, E. (2019)
Autoethnography is a unique discipline which steps inside and outside the self to experience, embody and express social and cultural meaning. At once a performative, political and …
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Parson, L. (2019)
This volume explores the life stories of women who were former members of Mormon fundamentalist polygamous societies, from their own perspectives, to seek insight into their …
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Pantea, M. (2019)
This book explores how the changing nature of work intersects with and influences young people’s views on their future. As an increasingly precarious service sector overtakes …
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Rias, H. C. (2019)
This book examines the history of the school desegregation movement in St. Louis, Missouri. Underlining the 2014 killing of Michael Brown as a catalyst for re-examination of …
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Bayley, A. (2018)
This book investigates transdisciplinary, arts-based approaches to developing innovative and pertinent higher education pedagogy. Introducing timely critical thinking strategies, …
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Buckles, J. (2018)
This book analyses the evidence for global change, and suggests that the Earth is going through a profound transformation, caused in large part by human action. Land, oceans, …
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Beach, D. (2018)
While Sweden is often viewed as a benchmark for equality within education, this book examines this assumption in greater depth. The author argues that Sweden’s education system – …
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Kikabhai, N. (2018)
This book offers a critical investigation of the exclusion of individuals described as having ‘learning difficulties’ from participation in higher education. Using a postmodernist …
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Vincent, C., Neal, S., Iqbal, H. (2018)
Do people make friends with those who are culturally and socially different to themselves? Friendship and Diversity explores the social relationships of adults and children living …
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Cudworth, D. (2018)
This book calls for a re-thinking of educational provision for Gypsy / Traveller communities. Despite having been recognised by the government and educational providers for over …
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Everett, H., Janmaat, J. G. (Ed), Vickers, E. (Ed), Everett, H. (Ed) (2018)
This book examines the effects of faith schools on social cohesion and inter-ethnic relations. Faith schools constitute approximately one third of all state-maintained schools and …
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Edwards, S. (2018)
This book examines how young people can be re-engaged with schooling and their own learning beyond the school gates. Despite attempts by successive UK governments to promote …
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McAlpine, L., Amundsen, C. (2018)
The book asks how we can make sense of career paths for PhD graduates, something that has rarely been systematically studied. It offers a coherent synthesis of the …
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E. Maduro, W. (2018)
This book explores a range of psychosocial resources, and discusses them in relation to lived experiences and outcomes in educational and socioeconomic domains. It offers close …
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Chang, A. (2018)
This book weaves together two distinct and powerfully related sources of knowledge: the author’s journey and transition from a once undocumented immigrant from Guatemala to a …
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Szakács, S. (2018)
This book provides an unconventional account of post-1989 education reform in Romania. By drawing on policy documentation, interviews with key players, qualitative data from …
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Maxwell, C. (Ed), Deppe, U. (Ed), Krüger, H. (Ed), Helsper, W. (Ed) (2018)
This book offers both a theoretical and empirical examination of elite education, at all stages from the early years to university level. The book explores the various …
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