1st Edition
The Politics of Race, Class and Special Education The selected works of Sally Tomlinson
1. Introduction: A Sociological perspective 2. Class Analysis and Colonial Immigrants 3. A Sociology of Special Education. 4. The expansion of special Education 5 Conflicts and Dilemmas for Professionals in special education. 6 The Irresistible rise of the SEN industry 7 The Radical-Structuralist view of special education 8 Race and special education 9 The British national identity 10 Educational reforms-ideologies and visions 11 Home-School links 12 Education in a Post-welfare society 13 Low Attainers in a global knowledge economy 14 Disability in Somaliland
Biography
Sally Tomlinson is Emeritus Professor at Goldsmiths College, University of London, and Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Education, University of Oxford.
Information about her and a complete list of her published work can be found at www.stomlinson.net.
"This book is an excellent read and has much to teach researchers in both the sociology of education and those in inclusive or special education. The former will learn that there is a whole other universe out there; a shadow industry that mops up the mess created by their own. The latter will learn how to think more critically and more broadly about that shadow industry; helping them to realise that the object of their inquiry is an artefact of 'deliberate decisions by people who have the power to make the decisions.'" - Linda J. Graham, Queensland University of Technology, International Journal on School Disaffection
"A a comprehensive anthology that reveals the intersections among education, social class, race, and politics ... this book can function as a practical resource book for scholars and practitioners seeking to gain an international perspective on how economics, race, and politics contribute to the expansion of special education and the worldwide marginalization of ethnic minority students." —Teachers College Record
