Politics and Policy Making in Education - Explorations in Sociology Ball Stephen J. Paperback
Politics and Policy Making in Education - Explorations in Sociology Ball Stephen J. Paperback Based on interviews with key actors in the policy-making process, this book maps the changes in education…
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Politics and Policy Making in Education - Explorations in Sociology Ball Stephen J. Paperback
Based on interviews with key actors in the policy-making process, this book maps the changes in education policy and policy making in the Thatcherite decade. Using direct quotations from senior civil servants and former secretaries of state it provides a fascinating insight into the way in which policy is made. The focus of the book is the 1988 Education Reform Act, its origins, purposes and effects, and it looks behind the scenes at the priorities of the politicians, civil servants and government advisers who were influential in making changes.
It looks in detail at the New Right government advisers and think tanks; the industrial lobby, addressing issues such as the National Curriculum, national testing and City Technical The book focuses on real-life political conflicts, examining the way in which education policy was related to the ideal of society projected by Thatcherism.