Bourdieu and the Field of Education Policy: Understanding Globalization, Mediatization, Implementation

by Bob Lingard and Shaun Rawolle

The work of the late French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu has had huge impact on the social sciences and the field of education studies. Within education, however, the main focus has been his early work on the reproduction of inequality through schooling which as made effective usage of his concepts of habitus and capitals. The concepts of field and practice have been to some extent neglected and there has been limited usage of his methodological...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415575834
• ISBN13: 9780415575836
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages