Wendy Ball

Biographic Data

ID1257280
NAMEWendy Ball
GIVEN NAMESWendy
FAMILY NAMEBall
SIGNATUREBALL W
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Warwick
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS18
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1987
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
H-INDEX3

  • Religion, Education and City Politics

    W Macmahon Ball, Wendy Ball et al.CHAPTERTransforming Cities2018

    This chapter describes ongoing research into the processes by which political activity, at least in part, follows the contour lines of ethno-religious communities in Upton, a large, pseudonymous English city. It presents a project to assess the variable significance of religious collectivities as vehicles of political activity. To give the project a sharper focus, the chapter examines issues of school-level education as the site on which the inte…

  • Feminist social movements and policy change: Devolution, childcare and domestic violence policies in Wales

    Open AccessW Macmahon Ball, Wendy Ball et al.ARTICLEWomen s Studies International Forum2006Cited by: 4References: 16

  • Critical Social Research, Adult Education and Anti-Racist Feminist Praxis

    W Macmahon Ball, Wendy BallARTICLEStudies in the Education of Adults1992Cited by: 7References: 13

  • Race and Local Politics

    Open AccessWendy Ball, John SolomosBOOKRace and Local Politics1990

    Aims to provide a detailed overview of policy conflict and change in the area of race relations and local politics during the 1980s and reviews some of the prospects for the 1990s. It assesses the obj

  • Books

    W Macmahon Ball, Wendy Ball et al.ARTICLENew Community1990

    James Lynch, Multicultural Education in a Global Society Lewes: The Falmer Press, 1989, 122 pp., n.p. h.b. Mike Cole (ed), Education for Equality: Some Guidelines for Good Practice London: Routledge, 1989, 237 pp., £30.00 h.b., £9.95 p.b. Mark Halstead, Education, Justice and Cultural Diversity: An Examination of the Honeyford Affair 1984–85 Lewes: Falmer Press, 1988, 317 pp., £22.00 cloth, £10.95 p.b. Gajendra K. Verma (ed), Education for All: A…

  • Resistance, rights and rituals: Denominational schools and multicultural education

    W Macmahon Ball, Wendy Ball et al.ARTICLEJournal of Education Policy1987Cited by: 3References: 1

    In recent years a substantial number of LEAS have introduced policies concerned with the promotion of cultural diversity and/or the eradication of racial inequality in education. In this article we consider the impact of this trend on the voluntary aided sector of education. Our analysis draws on the findings of our research into the relationship between LEA policy and school practices in ‘Milltown’. Our two surveys revealed a significant dispari…

  • Local Authority Policy-Making on Equal Opportunities: Corporate provision, co-option and consultation

    W Macmahon Ball, Wendy BallARTICLEPolicy & Politics1987Cited by: 4

    A substantial number of local authorities now possess policy documents and related provision addressed towards the promotion of equal opportunities in their employment practices and service delivery. This paper develops three inter-related themes as a framework for the analysis of the formulation and implementation of equal opportunities policies within local government: namely; corporate policy-making, co-option and consultation. These themes ar…