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1. Foucault, Power, and Education

   By Stephen J. Ball

   Series: Routledge Key Ideas in Education

   Foucault, Power, and Education invites internationally renowned scholar Stephen J. Ball to reflect on the importance and influence of Foucault on his work in educational policy. By focusing on some of the ways Foucault has been placed in relation to educational questions or questions about...

   Published December 9th 2012 by Routledge
2. Global Education Inc.

   New Policy Networks and the Neoliberal Imaginary

   By Stephen J. Ball

   Do private and philanthropic solutions to the problems of education signal the end of state education in its ‘welfare’ form? Education policy is being reformed and re-worked on a global scale. Policies are flowing and converging to produce a singular vision of ‘best practice’ based on the methods...

   Published February 28th 2012 by Routledge
3. Foucault and Education

   Disciplines and Knowledge

   Edited by Stephen J. Ball

   First published in 1990, this book was the first to explore Foucault's work in relation to education, arguing that schools, like prisons and asylums, are institutions of moral and social regulation, complex technologies of disciplinary control where power and knowledge are crucial. Original and...

   Published February 20th 2012 by Routledge
4. How Schools Do Policy

   Policy Enactments in Secondary Schools

   By Stephen J Ball, Meg Maguire, Annette Braun

   Over the last 20 years, international attempts to raise educational standards and improve opportunities for all children have accelerated and proliferated. This has generated a state of constant change and an unrelenting flood of initiatives, changes and reforms that need to be ‘implemented’ by...

   Published December 13th 2011 by Routledge
5. The Micro-Politics of the School

   Towards a Theory of School Organization

   By Stephen J. Ball

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education

   Stephen Ball’s micro-political theory of school organization is a radical departure from traditional theories. He rejects a prescriptive ‘top down’ approach and directly addresses the interest and concerns of teachers and current problems facing schools. In doing so he raises question about the...

   Published December 7th 2011 by Routledge
6. Politics and Policy Making in Education

   Explorations in Sociology

   By Stephen J. Ball

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education

   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. 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...

   Published December 7th 2011 by Routledge
7. The Routledge International Handbook of the Sociology of Education

   Edited by Michael W. Apple, Stephen J. Ball, Luis Armando Gandin

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks of Education

   This collection brings together many of the world’s leading sociologists of education to explore and address key issues and concerns within the discipline. The thirty-seven newly commissioned chapters draw upon theory and research to provide new accounts of contemporary educational processes,...

   Published March 1st 2011 by Routledge
8. Education, Globalisation and New Times

   21 Years of the Journal of Education Policy

   Edited by Stephen J. Ball, Ivor F. Goodson, Meg Maguire

   Series: Education Heritage

   Education, Globalisation and New Times comprises a selection of the most influential papers published over the twenty-one years of the Journal of Education Policy. Written by many of the leading scholars in the field, these seminal papers cover a variety of subjects, sectors and levels of...

   Published May 16th 2010 by Routledge
9. Education plc

   Understanding Private Sector Participation in Public Sector Education

   By Stephen J. Ball

   Is the privatisation of state education defendable? Did the public sector ever provide a fair education for all learners? In Education plc, Stephen Ball provides a comprehensive, analytic and empirical account of the privatisation of education. He questions the kind of future we want for education...

   Published February 14th 2007 by Routledge
10. Childcare, Choice and Class Practices

    Middle Class Parents and their Children

    By Carol Vincent, Stephen J. Ball

    Childcare is a topic that is frequently in the media spotlight and continues to spark heated debate in the UK and around the world. This book presents an in-depth study of childcare policy and practice, examining middle class parents’ choice of childcare within the wider contexts of social class...

    Published February 22nd 2006 by Routledge