Contents

pp iii-iii

List of tables and boxes

pp iv-iv

List of abbreviations

pp v-vi

About the author

pp vii-vii

Preface

pp viii-x

1 - Introduction: Education reform claimocracy

pp 1-16

Part I - A political sociology of education policy

pp 17-18

2 - Modernising education

pp 19-34

3 - Governing by knowledge production

pp 35-50

4 - Policy mortality

pp 51-66

Part II - A political sociology of education policy in action

pp 67-68

5 - Vantage points

pp 69-81

6 - Viewpoints

pp 82-96

7 - Regimes of practice

pp 97-112

8 - Exchange relationships

pp 113-127

9 - Critical education policy studies

pp 128-144

10 - Conclusion: Intellectual activism

pp 145-161

Appendix: EPKP projects

pp 162-164

References

pp 165-199

Index

pp 200-206