{"product_id":"education-in-britain-9780745663227","title":"Education in Britain","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the decades after 1944 the four nations of Britain shared a common educational programme. By 2015, this programme had fragmented: the patterns of schooling and higher education in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and England resembled each other less and less. This new edition of the popular \u003ci\u003eEducation in Britain\u003c\/i\u003e traces and explains this process of divergence, as well as the arguments and conflicts that have accompanied it.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith a reach that extends from the primary school to the university, and from culture to politics and economics, Ken Jones explores the achievements and limits of post-war reform and the egalitarian aspirations of the 1960s and 1970s. He registers the impact of the Thatcherite revolution of the 1980s, and of the New Labour governments which were its inheritors. Turning to the twenty-first century, Jones tracks the educational consequences of devolution and austerity. The result is a book which is more attentive than any other to the ever-increasi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A fine job has been achieved in expanding the scope of the original book, moving to include not merely developments in the further and higher education sectors - the previous edition mostly centred on secondary schooling - but also those seismic changes fllowing the first term of Tony Blair's landmark administration from 1997- 2001.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eJohn Howelett, University of Keele, History of Education\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The second edition of Ken Jones’s book offers an erudite and nuanced analysis of the political economy of education policy in modern Britain. Its balance of insight and detail makes it essential and necessary reading for education policy students and researchers and hopefully for those others who stride boldly and often ill-informed in the 'educational space' - policymakers!\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eStephen Ball, Institute of Education, UCL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Ken Jones' account of the divergence of the education systems of Britain’s four nations is both analytically sophisticated and deeply engaging. Anyone who wants to understand the current state of education in Britain should read this beautifully crafted and highly nuanced history of the struggles and collisions that have taken us to this place. Whilst much of the story is depressing, the book is a pleasure to read.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eSharon Gewirtz, King's College London\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1 Post-War Settlements\u003cbr\u003e2 The Golden Age?\u003cbr\u003e3 Expansion, Experiment, Conflict\u003cbr\u003e4 The Watershed: Conservatism and Educational Change\u003cbr\u003e5 New Labour: The Inheritors\u003cbr\u003e6 Crisis and Opportunity\u003cbr\u003eReferences","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404411445591,"sku":"9780745663227","price":18.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745663227.jpg?v=1730486386","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/education-in-britain-9780745663227","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}