Networks, New Governance and Education Contributor(s): Ball, Stephen J. (Author), Junemann, Carolina (Author) |
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ISBN: 1847429807 ISBN-13: 9781847429803 Publisher: Policy Press OUR PRICE: $132.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Education | Educational Policy & Reform - School Safety - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy |
Dewey: 379.41 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.2" W x 9.4" (0.90 lbs) 167 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The public sector is going through a period of fundamental change. Service delivery, policy making and policy processes are being carried out by new actors and organisations with new interests, methods and discourses, related to the emergence of new forms of governance. This timely book from bestselling author Stephen Ball and Carolina Junemann uses network analysis and interviews with key actors to address these changes, with a particular focus on education and the increasingly important role of new philanthropy. Critically engaging with the burgeoning literature on new governance, they present a new method for researching governance - network ethnography- which allows identification of the increasing influence of finance capital and education businesses in policy and public service delivery. In a highly original and very topical analysis of the practical workings of the Third Way and the Big Society, the book will be useful to practicing social and education policy analysts and theorists and ideal supplementary reading for students and researchers of social and education policy. |
Contributor Bio(s): Junemann, Carolina: - Carolina Junemann is a researcher and teacher at the Institute of Education at the University of London. Ball, Stephen J.: -Stephen J. Ball is distinguished service professor of sociology of education in the Institute of Education at University College London. He is cofounder and managing editor of the Journal of Education Policy and the author of Global Education Inc.: New Policy Networks and the Neoliberal Imaginary, among many other books. |