| Edition |
Third edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 257 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Policy and politics in the twenty-first century ser
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Policy and politics in the twenty-first century.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-244) and index. |
| Summary |
Education policy is hard to keep track of ... a problem that this book solves. In this updated edition, Ball examines new areas of focus, including the increased interest of business in education and the impact of austerity and precarity. |
| Contents |
Intro -- THE EDUCATION DEBATE -- Contents -- List of tables, figures and boxes -- Tables -- Figures -- Boxes -- About the author -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction: the Great Education Debate (1976-2016) -- Policy sociology -- 1. Key concepts: education policy, economic necessity and education reform -- The rhetorics of education reform -- Knowledge economy -- Globalisation/glocalisation -- Policy epidemics/policy mobility -- Policy technologies -- 2. Class, comprehensives and continuities: a short history of English education policy -- 1870-1944 -- 1944-76 -- 1976-97: 'The long years of attrition' (Benn, 2011) -- 1997-2017: Blair and Brown and Cameron and May -- from a Third Way to a Big Society and meritocracy -- 'New Labour'/new policies -- The Coalition: freedom and discipline/reform and restoration -- Conclusion -- 3. Policy technologies and The UK Government's Approach to Public Service Reform -- Top-down performance management -- Competition and contestability -- Choice and voice -- Capability and capacity -- Conclusion -- 4. Policy, inequality and advantage -- Participation and performance -- Meritocracy and social mobility -- Parenting -- Academies and free schools -- Defending privilege -- Conclusion -- 5. A sociology of education policy: past, present and future -- Dissolutions and conservations -- Neoliberal education -- Freedom and democracy -- New governance -- References -- Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Education and state -- Great Britain.
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Education and state. |
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Great Britain. |
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Educational evaluation -- Great Britain.
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Educational evaluation. |
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Education -- Great Britain -- Finance.
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Education -- Aims and objectives -- Great Britain.
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Education. |
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Finance. |
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EDUCATION -- Administration -- General. |
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Education -- Aims and objectives. |
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EDUCATION -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General. |
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Education -- Finance. |
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Moral & social purpose of education. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Ball, Stephen J. Education debate. Third edition. ©2017 9781447339281 (OCoLC)972947476 |
| ISBN |
9781447339298 (electronic book) |
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1447339290 (electronic book) |
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9781447339304 (ePub ebook) |
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1447339304 |
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9781447339311 (Kindle ebook) |
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1447339312 |
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9781447339281 |
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1447339282 |
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