Social Theory and Education Research: Understanding Foucault, Habermas, Bourdieu and Derrida

Social Theory and Education Research is an advanced and accessible text that illustrates the diverse ways in which social theories can be applied to educational research methodologies. It provides in-depth overviews of the various theories by well-known and much-debated thinkers – Michel Foucault, Jürgen Habermas, Pierre Bourdieu and Jacques Derrida – and their applications in educational research.

Updated throughout and with new extended introductions to each theorist and a new chapter on ...