The international handbook on the sociology of education : an international assessment of new research and theory / edited by Carlos Alberto Torres and Ari Antikainen.

Introduction to a sociology of education : old dilemmas in a new century? / Carlos Alberto Torres and Ari Antikainen -- Social theory and methodology -- Sociological theory of education in the dialectical perspective / Honario Martةn Izquierdo and Almudena Moreno Mةnguez -- Explorations in the systems-theoreticalstudy of education / Raf Vanderstraeten -- Social capital in education : theoretical issues and empirical knowledge in attainment research / Anne Bert Dijkstraand Jules L. Peschar -- Critical ethnography and the sociology of education / Steve Jordan -- Sociocultural approaches to cognition : implications for the sociology of education / David MacLennan -- Decisive moments and key experiences : expanding paradigmatic boundaries in the study of school effects / Gad Yair -- Biography, life course, and the sociology of education / Ari Antikainen and Katja Komonen -- Leading the way : the development of analytical techniques in the sociology of education / Lawrence J. Saha and John P. Keeves -- Sociology of