Equality & Human Rights Books

New and Published Books

1. Cultural Exclusion in China

   State Education, Social Mobility and Cultural Difference

   By Lin Yi

   Series: Comparative Development and Policy in Asia

   Ethnic minorities form a very substantial proportion of the population of China, with over 100 million people in 55 formally designated minority groups inhabiting over 60% of the country’s land area. Poverty and economic inequality of minority groups are widely-recognised problems. However, as this...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
2. Black and Postcolonial Feminisms in New Times

   Researching Educational Inequalities

   Edited by Heidi Mirza, Cynthia Joseph

   This book is a compelling collection of essays on the intersection of race, gender and class in education written by leading black and postcolonial feminists of colour from Asia, Africa and the Caribbean living in Britain, America, Canada, and Australia. It addresses controversial issues such as...

   Published April 22nd 2012 by Routledge
3. The Sociology of Disability and Inclusive Education

   A Tribute to Len Barton

   Edited by Madeleine Arnot

   Len Barton’s intellectual and practical contribution to the sociology of disability and education is highly significant and widely known. The leading scholars in this collection, including his long term collaborators, offer both a celebration and a reassessment of this contribution, addressing the...

   Published February 6th 2012 by Routledge
4. Art and Social Justice Education

   Culture as Commons

   Edited by Therese M. Quinn, John Ploof, Lisa J. Hochtritt

   Art and Social Justice Education offers inspiration and tools for educators to craft critical, meaningful, and transformative arts education curriculum and arts integration projects. The images, descriptive texts, essays, and resources are grounded within a clear social justice framework...

   Published December 18th 2011 by Routledge
5. Globalisation, Higher Education, the Labour Market and Inequality

   Edited by Antonia Kupfer

   Globalisation, Higher Education, the Labour Market and Inequality addresses the global transformation of higher education in relation to changes in the labour market. It focuses on the relative impact of elements of globalisation on social inequality, and provides insights into the ways in which...

   Published December 1st 2011 by Routledge
6. Education, Equality and Human Rights

   Issues of gender, 'race', sexuality, disability and social class, 3rd Edition

   Edited by Mike Cole

   ‘Addressing issues that include the challenge of disability discrimination in schooling, gender and equality, ‘race’ and racism, sexuality and social justice, and class analysis and knowledge formation, Education, Equality and Human Rights is an urgent and important contribution to the social...

   Published November 17th 2011 by Routledge
7. Disability Matters

   Pedagogy, media and affect

   Edited by Anna Hickey-Moody, Vicki Crowley

   From the critique of ‘the medical model’ of disability undertaken during the early and mid-1990s, a ‘social model’ emerged, particularly in the caring professions and those trying to shape policy and practice for people with disability. In education and schooling, it was a period of cementing...

   Published November 8th 2011 by Routledge
8. The Rich World and the Impoverishment of Education

   Diminishing Democracy, Equity and Workers' Rights

   Edited by Dave Hill

   Series: Routledge Studies in Education and Neoliberalism

   Advancing a powerful critique of neoliberalized education in many of the rich countries of the world (USA, Canada, Finland, Greece, Israel, Japan, England and Wales, and others), the chapters in this book, written by an international array of acclaimed and emerging radical educators and policy...

   Published October 4th 2011 by Routledge
9. The Developing World and State Education

   Neoliberal Depredation and Egalitarian Alternatives

   Edited by Dave Hill, Ellen Rosskam

   Series: Routledge Studies in Education and Neoliberalism

   Neoliberalism has had a major impact on schooling and education in the Developing World, with social repercussions that have affected the salaries of teachers, the number and type of potential students, the availability of education, the cost of education, and more. This edited collection argues...

   Published October 4th 2011 by Routledge
10. The Education of Black Males in a 'Post-Racial' World

    Edited by Anthony L. Brown, Jamel K. Donnor

    The Education of Black Males in a ‘Post-Racial’ World examines the varied structural and discursive contexts of race, masculinities and class that shape the educational and social lives of Black males. The contributing authors take direct aim at the current discourses that construct Black males as...

    Published August 21st 2011 by Routledge