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Lingard, Bob; Sellar, Sam – London Review of Education, 2013
This paper traces developments across Stephen J. Ball's policy sociology in education "oeuvre" and considers their implications for doing research on education policy today. It begins with an account of his policy sociology trilogy from the 1990s, which outlined his conception of the policy cycle consisting of the contexts of influence,…
Descriptors: Educational Sociology, Educational Policy, Social Theories, Private Sector
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Hardy, Ian; Lingard, Bob – Journal of Education Policy, 2008
This article draws on Bourdieu's field theory and related concepts of habitus and capitals, to explore policy implementation in relation to a particular case of teacher professional development in Queensland, Australia. This implementation process is described as an effect of the interplay between what is called the policy field and the field of…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Educational Policy