First published in 1988, this book was the winner of the SCSE Best Education Book award of that year. This new edition describes the government's attempts to control educational changes since 1945 and the resulting implications for contemporary explanations of schooling and the state in Britain. In interviews with officials, politicians and educationalists, key figures involved in the making and practice of policy talk about their careers and their attempts to control education and each other.
Language
English
Pages
555
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Release
June 01, 1986
ISBN
0852245157
ISBN 13
9780852245156
Governing Education: A Sociology of Policy Since 1945
First published in 1988, this book was the winner of the SCSE Best Education Book award of that year. This new edition describes the government's attempts to control educational changes since 1945 and the resulting implications for contemporary explanations of schooling and the state in Britain. In interviews with officials, politicians and educationalists, key figures involved in the making and practice of policy talk about their careers and their attempts to control education and each other.