Abstract
Reproduction theories emphasised the idea that schools reproduce relations of oppression. Later, postmodernism has increased the language of impossibility by analysing all educational actions in terms of power relations. Therefore, educational actions in line with any of those sociological approaches cannot act as tools that schools and communities need today to tackle inequalities from education and thus contribute to social inclusion. But sociology of education is already on the move. It has become dialogic, studying and showing that, actually, there are Successful Educational Actions (SEAs) worldwide that challenge structures and provide all children with the education they deserve to not only have equal chances but also, and more importantly, equal results. This dialogic sociology of education develops in dialogue with social agents and, as a result, has greater chances to improve their lives.
Notes
1. These are 2008 data from the IDESCAT (Statistical Institute of Catalonia), obtained from http://www.idescat.cat/en/
2. On 17 and 18 October 2009, at the ‘Identitary Convention’, the extreme right political parties in Europe consolidated into a union. Among the parties are Lega Nord, Vlaams Belang, Causa Identitaria, Bloc Identitaire, P×C and Asamblea Identitaria.
3. For more on this evolution see http://www.pxcatalunya.com/web/historiacast.htm
4. From the February 2010 platform of the Plataforma per Catalunya party.
5. From the website of the XVII ISA 2010 World Congress of Sociology ‘Sociology on the move’: http://www.isa-sociology.org/congress2010/