Chanana, Karuna creator text xu| 2002 continuing ng p.3717-721. Sociology has a major role to play in making sense of contemporary educational transformations, changes effecting women's lives and relating these to the processes of social, economic and cultural changes in the wider society. This article looks at educational processes and outcomes within economic and social transformations and locates gender within the field of sociology. - Reproduced. Educational sociology Economic and Political Weekly 180718