Books by James S. Coleman

Examines the resources available to parents and the actions parents can take to further their children's education. It is based on a national survey of 26,000 eighth graders, their parents, teachers and school administrators.

This book brings together the most important theoretical work of James S. Coleman on problems of collective action. Coleman's work has formed a consistent and highly distinguished attempt to find an account of the workings of social and political processes rooted in the rationality of the individual participants.

Examines the resources available to parents and the actions parents can take to further their childrens' education. This study of the subject is based on major survey data, drawing from the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988.