The Routledge Handbook to Sociology of Music Education

The Routledge Handbook to Sociology of Music Education is a comprehensive, authoritative and state-of-the-art review of current research in the field. The opening introduction orients the reader to the field, highlights recent developments, and draws together concepts and research methods to be covered. The chapters that follow are written by respected, experienced experts on key issues in their area of specialisation. From separate beginnings in the United States, Europe, and the United Kingdom in the mid-twentieth century, the field of the sociology of music education has and continues to experience rapid and global development. It could be argued that this Handbook marks its coming of age. The Handbook is dedicated to the exclusive and explicit application of sociological constructs and theories to issues such as globalisation, immigration, post-colonialism, inter-generational musicking, socialisation, inclusion, exclusion, hegemony, symbolic violence, and popular culture. Contexts range from formal compulsory schooling to non-formal communal environments to informal music making and listening. The Handbook is aimed at graduate students, researchers and professionals, but will also be a useful text for undergraduate students in music, education, and cultural studies.

Ruth Wright is professor of music education in the Don Wright Faculty of Music at Western University in Canada.

Geir Johansen is professor emeritus of music education and music didactics at the Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo, Norway.

Panagiotis A. Kanellopoulos serves as associate professor of music education at the University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece.

Patrick Schmidt is professor of music education at Western University, Canada.