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Education Research On Trial

Policy Reform and the Call for Scientific Rigor

Edited by Pamela B. Walters, Annette Lareau, Sheri Ranis

It is not an exaggeration to say that the field of education has been under attack. Many, particularly in Washington, D.C., have proclaimed the research…

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November 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-98989-3 (Routledge)

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Race, Gender and Educational Desire

Why black women succeed and fail

By HEIDI SAFIA MIRZA

'This book is a great genealogy of black women's unrecognised contributions within both education and the wide social context. I think it constitutes an important…

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November 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-44876-5 (Routledge)

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Education and Neoliberal Globalization

By Carlos Alberto Torres

This volume by noted critical education scholar Carlos Alberto Torres takes up the question of how structural changes in schooling and the growing impacts of…

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November 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-99118-6 (Routledge)

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Sexual Identities in English Language Education

Classroom Conversations

By Cynthia D. Nelson

What pedagogic challenges and opportunities arise as gay, lesbian, and queer themes and perspectives become an increasingly visible part of English language classes within a…

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October 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-8058-6368-0 (Routledge)

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Educating the Gendered Citizen

sociological engagements with national and global agendas

By Madeleine Arnot

Globalisation and global human rights are the two major forces in the twenty first century which are likely to shape the sort of learner citizen…

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September 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40806-6 (Routledge)

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The Routledge International Companion to Gifted Education

Edited by Tom Balchin, Barry Hymer, Dona J. Matthews

The Routledge International Companion to Gifted Education is a ground-breaking collection of fully-referenced chapters written by many of the most highly-respected authorities on the subject…

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September 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46137-5 (Routledge)

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Activist Educators

Breaking Past Limits

Edited by Catherine Marshall, Amy L. Anderson

Taking an active stand in today's conservative educational climate can be a risky business. Given both the expectations of the profession and the challenge of…

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August 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-95667-3 (Routledge)

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Structure and Agency in the Neoliberal University

Edited by Joyce E. Canaan, Wesley Shumar

This volume considers how current transitions in postsecondary education are impacting Higher Education (HE) institutions and subjects in a number of Northern nations, as well…

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July 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-95672-7 (Routledge)

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Pierre Bourdieu and Literacy Education

Edited by James Albright, Allan Luke

In this volume scholars from around the world focus on how a Bourdieusian stance can enable a powerful socicultural and cultural analysis of literacy education…

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July 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-99589-4 (Routledge)

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The Dangerous Rise of Therapeutic Education

By Kathryn Ecclestone, Dennis Hayes

The silent ascendancy of a therapeutic ethos across the education system and into the workplace demands a book that serves as a wake up call…

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June 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-39701-8 (Routledge)

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Forthcoming Titles:

World Yearbook of Education 2009: Childhood Studies and the Impact of Globalization: Policies and Practices at Global and Local Levels
Edited by Marilyn Fleer, Mariane Hedegaard, Jonathan Tudge
To be published December 10th 2008

Handbook of Social Justice in Education
Edited by William Ayers, Therese Quinn, David Stovall
To be published December 11th 2008

Capitalist Education:: Globalisation and the Politics of Inequality
Edited by Dave Hill, Sheila Macrine, David Gabbard
To be published December 15th 2008

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By Christine Skelton, Becky Francis
To be published December 17th 2008

Hidden Markets: The New Education Privatization
By Patricia Burch
To be published January 12th 2009