The argument of this chapter is that academies are important and significant in themselves but they are but one small part of a set of much broader changes in public sector education and the ÔmodernizationÕ of the public sector as a whole. Indeed, they are indicative of what is a significant shift in the organizing principles of state services and public sector governance and in the form and modalities of the state itself. The chapter illustrates the argument by showing some of the ways in whic

First Author: Gunter, Helen M.

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Bibliographic Information

Type: Book Chapter

Book Title: The State and Education Policy: The Academies Programme (2010)

ISBN: 9781441143112