Politics and Policymaking in Education: Explorations in Policy Sociology

List of Figures. Preface. Introduction. 1 Policy Matters! 2 Discipline and Chaos: the New Right and Discourses of Derision 3 The New Right and Education Policy 4 Industrial Training or New Vocationalism? Structures and Discourses 5 Towards the Post-Fordist School? 6 Curriculum plc: the ERA, policy, partnerships and the school curriculum 7 Colouring in the boxes: the struggles over a National Curriculum 8 Endnote. Appendix 1 List of Acronyms and Abbreviations. Appendix 2 List of Interviewees and Comment on Interviews. References. Index.