s book compares German special education, hyper-organized but segregatory, with chaotic but more inclusionary American arrangements. The work is highly informed, with a strong historical perspective. It creatively explains the different national trajectories in terms of political, professional, cultural, and organizational arrangements. It will be of great interest to those concerned with special education, but also to sociologists of education, and students of comparative education more generally.-John W. Meyer, Professor of Sociology, emeritus, Stanford University
By offering an astute comparison of special education systems in the United States and Germany, Barriers to Inclusion provides invaluable tools for understanding whateducators on both sides of the Atlantic take for granted. Justin Powell gives us a meticulously researched and clearly argued account ever mindful of the major historical forces at work in both countries. The book suggests new ways to appraise mainstream approaches to education for all students, while raising broader questions about ideas of citizenship in two distinct socio-political contexts.