SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION

Education is enjoying a resurgence of interest globally owing to its seminal importance in shaping societies, economies and people’s lives. The present volume attempts a sociological approach to the study of education in Indian situation. It is an authoritative study of education in the context of total society and its sub-systems such as family, polity, economy and stratification, local community and social groups like educational institution and classroom as well as in the context of social change and problems of education of the scheduled castes and tribes. The book, which offers fresh sociological insights, is a very useful contribution to the literature and should be of value to a wide range of practitioners and academics. Contents