Author: Stephen J. Ball
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: themes, major, education, sociology
Number of Pages: 2416
Published: 2000-09-08
List price: $1.00
ISBN-10: 0415198127
ISBN-13: 9780415198127

This collection contains 100 papers drawn from the broad range of contemporary writing on the sociology of education. Major trends and developments from the 1970s through to the 1990s are represented. The four volumes - Theories and Methods; Inequalities and Oppressions; Institutions and Processes; and Politics and Policies - offer a comprehensive introduction to and overview of the field.

Author: Stephen J. Ball
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: ball, world, library, educationalists, stephen, works, policy, social, class, selected, education
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2005-11-14
List price: $45.95
ISBN-10: 0415363985
ISBN-13: 9780415363983

Bringing together twenty years of research and writing, this book provides an overview of Stephen Ball’s career and shows not only the development of his most important ideas but also the long-lasting contributions he has made to the field of educational policy analysis. This volume contains sixteen key essays divided into three sections: perspectives on policy research policy technologies and policy analysis social class and education policy. Each chapter presents innovative ways of thinking about public policy, asking probing questions about what policy is, how policy is influenced

Author: Stephen Ball
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: education, routledgefalmer, readers, sociology, reader
Number of Pages: 312
Published: 2003-12-30
List price: $45.95
ISBN-10: 0415327768
ISBN-13: 9780415327763

In this reader, Stephen Ball has carefully selected contributions to reflect enduring and contemporary trends in the field of Sociology of Education.

Author: Stephen J. Ball
Publisher: Policy Press
Keywords: first, century, twenty, politics, policy, series, debate, education
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2008-01-30
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1861349203
ISBN-13: 9781861349200

Tony Blair’s 1996 pre-election speech put ’education, education, education’ firmly at the centre of the policy stage. Education has since become a key political issue and a major focus of media attention. It is also seen as a crucial factor in ensuring economic productivity and competitiveness. But whose interests are at the centre of this shift in education policy? And how could things be if we thought about education differently? In this enthralling book, Stephen J. Ball guides us through the flood of government initiatives and policies that have been introduced over the pa

Authors:Stephen P. Osborne, Amanda Ball,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: management, public, critical, studies, routledge, accountability, accounting, social, common
Number of Pages: 396
Published: 2010-10-12
List price: $125.00
ISBN-10: 0415806496
ISBN-13: 9780415806497

Social accounting as a discipline has challenged the methodology and focus of the larger field of accounting over the last 50 years. More recently it has taken on greater significance for other subjects as well, addressing issues for public policy and management more broadly. These include the issues of the nature of accountability in the contemporary plural state, environmental and societal sustainability, the ethical management and governance of public services and resources, and the creation and sustenance of social capital as an essential element of the modern plural state. Social Accou

Authors:Jane Eastham, Liz Sharples, Stephen Ball,
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Keywords: hospitality, retail, sectors, issues, management, supply, chain, food
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 2001-09-24
List price: $47.95
ISBN-10: 0750647620
ISBN-13: 9780750647625

The key to the success of a company is their ability to co-ordinate the key supply chain i.e their key suppliers and suppliers of suppliers. ’Food and Drink Supply Chain Management’ looks specifically at the supply chain in the food and drink industry to provide readers with an understanding of the areas as it is now and its growing importance, and where it is going in the future. ’Food and Drink Supply Chain Management’ is the first to take an in-depth view into the supply chain function in the hospitality and food retail sectors. Authored by a range of expert contrib

Authors:Stephen J. Ball, Ivor F. Goodson, Meg Maguire,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: education, policy, heritage, journal, times, globalisation, new, years
Number of Pages: 392
Published: 2007-04-20
List price: $180.00
ISBN-10: 0415425980
ISBN-13: 9780415425988

Education, Globalisation and New Times comprises a selection of the most influential papers published over the twenty-one years of the Journal of Education Policy. Written by many of the leading scholars in the field, these seminal papers cover a variety of subjects, sectors and levels of education, focused around the following major themes: education, globalisation and new times policy theory and method policy and equity. Compiled by the journal’s editors, Stephen Ball, Ivor Goodson and Meg Maguire, the book illustrates the development of the field of education policy studies