TY - BOOK AU - Ball,Stephen J. TI - The education debate T2 - Policy and politics in the twenty-first century SN - 9781861349200 (pbk.) U1 - 379.941 PY - 2008/// CY - Bristol PB - Policy Press KW - Education and state KW - Great Britain KW - Educational evaluation KW - Education KW - Finance KW - Aims and objectives N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-226) and index; 1. Introduction to key concepts: education policy, economic necessity and public service reform - 2. Class, comprehensives and continuities: a short history of english education policy - 3. Current policy models and the UK government's approach to public service reform - 4. Current key issues: forms of policy and forms of equity - 5. A sociology of education policy, past, present and future - References - Index ER -