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this fascinating, wide-ranging, and internally coherent book will be of the greatest interest to sociologists and education policy scholars, and in particular to those appreciating the need to question how and why the state of the sociology of education and its impact can and should be enhanced - Journal of Education Policy: Ernst Buyl, Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Educational Support Office, Ghent University, Belgium 'This tour-de-force will set the agenda for the future of the sociology of education. Maton's writing is always engaging and thought-provoking. The book offers nothing less than a new approach to the morphology of sociological knowledge itself - a must-read .' - Michael Grenfell, Professor of Education at Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland 'A truly majestic contribution that advances fundamentally the ideas of Basil Bernstein and Pierre Bourdieu. It is a formidable piece of work: imaginative, thought-provoking, intellectually out-reaching, and will surely constitute essential reading across the social sciences.' - John Evans, Professor of Sociology of Education and Physical Education, University of Loughborough, UK 'For decades sociology has been the missing link in discourse analyses of social context. Maton's inspirational volume consolidates a sociology of immense theoretical insight and undaunted analytical precision to make this blind-spot obsolete. Theory is every scholar's best friend; social theory of this order is a very best friend indeed.' - J.R. Martin, Professor of Linguistics, University of Sydney, Australia

'This tour-de-force will set the agenda for the future of the sociology of education. Maton's writing is always engaging and thought-provoking. The book offers nothing less than a new approach to the morphology of sociological knowledge itself - a must-read .' - Michael Grenfell, Professor of Education at Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland. 'A truly majestic contribution that advances fundamentally the ideas of Basil Bernstein and Pierre Bourdieu. It is a formidable piece of work: imaginative, thought-provoking, intellectually out-reaching, and will surely constitute essential reading across the social sciences.' - John Evans, Professor of Sociology of Education and Physical Education, University of Loughborough, UK. 'For decades sociology has been the missing link in discourse analyses of social context. Maton's inspirational volume consolidates a sociology of immense theoretical insight and undaunted analytical precision to make this blind-spot obsolete. Theory is every scholar's best friend; social theory of this order is a very best friend indeed.' - J.R. Martin, Professor of Linguistics, University of Sydney, Australia.

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