Books by Mike Cole

This fifth edition has been fully updated to reflect economic, political and cultural changes in the UK, including the impacts of Brexit and Covid. Written by world experts, each of the five equality issues of gender, 'race', sexuality, disability and social class are covered in their own right as well as in relation to education.

This book focuses on the challenge to Marxism posed by Critical Race Theory as this relates to educational theory, policy and practices with respect to both the US and UK.

Covers topics such as social class, race, gender, sexual orientation, disability and special educational needs with reference to various subjects taught at secondary school level.

This book considers new developments in Critical Race Theory (CRT) in times of austerity and assesses both the impact of British CRT or 'BritCrit', and CRT's continuing growth in the US.

The book traces the legacy of racism across three continents, from its origins to the present day, bringing a sophisticated neo-Marxist analysis to bear on a muti-faceted and endemic topic.*BR**BR*Mike Cole takes us through the racial histories of the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia. In the UK, he focuses on the effects of colonialism, anti-Gipsy, Roma and Traveller and xeno-racism. Turning to the United States, he charts the legacies of indigenous genocide and slavery, as well as exploring anti-Latina/o racism. Finally, in Australia, he interrogates the idea of 'Terra Nullius' and its ongoing impact on the indigenous peoples, as well as racism experienced by South Sea Islanders and Asians. *BR**BR*International forms are also covered, including Islamophobia, antisemitism and anti-Irish racism.

Extends Marxist analysis to include key concepts from the work of neo-Marxists Antonio Gramsci and Louis Althusser. It looks in detail at racism in the U.K. and the U.S. and goes on to examine the differences between schooling and education, and their relationship to racism in those two countries and in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.