Networks, New Governance and Education - Hardcover

Ball, Stephen J.; Junemann, Carolina

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1847429807 ISBN 13: 9781847429803

Publisher: Policy Press, 2012

Synopsis

Education in the public sector is undergoing a period of radical change, one that is shifting to embrace the role of private organizations in government services. In this groundbreaking book, Stephen J. Ball and Carolina Junemann critically engage the burgeoning literature on new governance, offering a “network ethnography” that presents the voices of the key actors working within this new model. By drawing the lines of this network, the authors highlight the increasing influence that financial capital and education businesses have on public policy and service delivery.

About this title

About the Author:

Stephen J. Ball is the Karl Mannheim Professor of Sociology of Education at the Institute of Education at the University of London and author of The Education Debate, also published by the Policy Press. Carolina Junemann is a researcher and teacher at the Institute of Education at the University of London.    

Review:

“This is a sumptuous book: rich in detail and scholarly in conceptualisation. Ball and Junemann have undertaken a forensic analysis of actor interactions and so made the business of philanthropy transparent and intelligible. Living within and so far surviving ongoing reform experiments is exhausting, but these authors help make sense of unfolding and complex processes through their political science knowledge and expertise.” (Helen Gunter, University of Manchester 2012-02-13)

“This is by far the best account of the social shapes of privatization that we have. Abounding in brilliant insights and startling detail, it maps a new landscape of education. It will have a decisive influence on educational and policy sociology.” (Ken Jones, University of London 2012-03-08)

“This is a slim volume but one that is thick with information. For those interested in another of ‘the other sides’ of school reform, Networks, New Governance, and Education is a particularly useful tool. In addition, however, it is also extremely helpful in bolstering one’s understanding of the new hybridity that characterizes what is now the education market rather than the education sphere. Finally, it has particular relevance for those interested in new ways of examining the networks of people and organizations that have increasing influence on life in the 21st century.” (Cat McManus Anthropology & Education)

About this edition

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1847429807
• ISBN 13: 9781847429803
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 167