Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgements xvii
5. 1 Introduction :Threads of Inclusive Schooling 1
6. 2 Understanding Difference: Method and Practice 40
7. 3 Acknowledging Difference, Responding to Diversity 68
8. 4 Majority and Minority Relations: A Question of Power 95
9. 5 Complicating Schooling: The Question of Ethnicity 121
10. 6 Gendered Subjects: Extending Beyond a Critique of Culture 149
11. 7 The Economics of Schooling: Class and Poverty 182
12. 8 Resisting Normalcy: Disability and Inclusive Schooling 208
13. 9 Language as a Site of Exclusion 226
14. 10 Evoking the Sacred: Religion and Spirituality in Schools 253
15. 11 Concluding with a Comparative Lens: Lessons and Possibilities 287
16. References 309
17. Index 329