"A splendid read. Via interviews with several Secretaries of State for Education and a supporting analytical commentary, Education Policy provides a fascinating insight and historical appraisal of English policy rationale." Dr David Kitchener, Reader in Education, University of Bolton "This book should be compulsory reading, not only for people interested in the history of education policy but also for policy makers, to remind them of what has gone before." Dr Andrew Townsend, University of Nottingham Do you find it difficult to keep up with the changes in education policy? This essential...

Since 1997 the probation service, an integral component of criminal justice for over 100 years, has been subject to a politically-driven process of modernisation and cultural transformation. This innovative book explores this probation modernisation by using social theories associated with Durkheim, Weber, Marx and Foucault. The book combines this theoretical analysis with empirical research from interviews, which highlights challenges to, as well as support of, the politics of modernisation. This research is unique in providing insights into what representatives of other organisations think...