Full Description
Critical education policy research has a long tradition of political sociology. Drawing on data and analysis from the Education Policy Knowledgeable Polity (EPKP) project, supported by funders such as the British Academy and the Economic and Social Research Council, this book presents a new political sociology for framing, conducting and presenting critical education policy research.
In doing so, it will be the first in the field to interconnect political thinking from Arendt with sociological thinking from Bourdieu, producing innovative analysis for and about educational reform.
Contents
1. Introduction: Education reform claimocracy
Part 1: A political sociology of education policy
2. Modernising education
3. Governing by knowledge production
4. Policy mortality
Part 2: A political sociology of education policy in action
5. Vantage points
6. Viewpoints
7. Regimes of practice
8. Exchange relationships
9. Critical education policy studies
10. Conclusion: Intellectual activism
