Scholarly analysis in the sociology of education has burgeoned in recent decades. In this forward-looking volume, the contributors examine cutting-edge research findings and techniques, to explore new directions in sociology of education research. Frontiers in Sociology aims to provide a roadmap for sociologists and other social scientists to undertake bold new directions in this field of study, making landmark contributions to the sociological study of schools. The contributors to this volume examine current phenomena with relation to education, including: globalization, expansion of...

Scholarly analysis in the sociology of education has burgeoned in recent decades. In this forward-looking volume, the contributors examine cutting-edge research findings and techniques, to explore new directions in sociology of education research. Frontiers in Sociology aims to provide a roadmap for sociologists and other social scientists to undertake bold new directions in this field of study, making landmark contributions to the sociological study of schools. The contributors to this volume examine current phenomena with relation to education, including: globalization, expansion of...

This volume engages the interface between the development of human lives and social relational networks. Research practitioners studying social networks typically focus on social structure or social organization, ignoring the complex lives of the people in those networks.