Combining 14 contemporary readings by Canadian experts in the field, Education and Society presents a series of stimulating snapshots of sociological research at the forefront of educational debates, developments, and reform trends in Canada today. Informed by an overarching concern with issues of equity and equality, this collection looks closely at how specific dimensions of inequality-such as class, gender, race, ethnicity, and ability-inform schooling experiences while also investigating issues surrounding the possibilities and pitfalls of educational reform. Engaging and enlightening, this thought-provoking volume introduces students to the diversity of topics studied by Canadian sociologists of education today and to the range of approaches these scholars use to conduct their research.

Wolfgang Lehmann's profile page

Wolfgang Lehmann is an associate professor in the sociology department at Western University. Professor Lehmann specializes in the areas of work, education, and social inequality. His main research focus is on the interplay between structural factors and individual agency in school-work transitions. He is currently working on a SSHRC-funded research project investigating the experiences of first-generation, working-class university students. He was a contributor to Levine-Rasky's Canadian Perspectives on the Sociology of Education (OUP Canada, 2008) and is the author of Choosing to Labour? School-Work Transition's and Social Class (McGill-Queen's Press, 2007).

"The text is very contemporary in its topic matter; indeed, it is a prescient, insightful resource that delves deeper into both contemporary and perhaps alternative debates and concerns in education in Canada." --Vicki Macris, University of Alberta

"A major strength is the introduction of the central debates and issues in Canadian education." --Richard D. Christy, Wilfrid Laurier University