The politics of educational policy studies
A preliminary analysis of leading educational policy journal publications
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12906201 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ian Hardy (0000-0002-8124-8766, Charles Sturt University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 173-185 |
| Publication date | 2009-04-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Studies in Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1750-8487 • E-ISSN: 1750-8495 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17508480902859441 |
| OpenAlex | W1984809696 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 37 |
This paper argues that the content, analytical approaches and institutional affiliations of authors of articles published in the latest issues of two leading educational policy studies journals provide useful insights into the contested nature of educational policy studies. The paper draws upon a selection of articles published in 2007/08 issues of two flag-ship policy journals, the UK-based Journal of Education Policy, and the US-based Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. At the same time, the article is also suggestive of how Pierre Bourdieu's analytical resources of field, habitus and capital might be used to understand the academic journal publication practices which contribute to this contestation. The paper suggests that these journals and the articles within them may be construed as valued capitals and ‘traces’ of a broader conflict over what is considered valid research within the field of educational policy studies
Capital (architecture · Cultural capital · Economics · Education policy · Educational research · Field (mathematics · Habitus · Higher education · Policy analysis · Political capital · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Social science · Sociology · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Law · Public Administration
Education reform
Practical Reason
Powers of Freedom
The Logic of Practice
Big Policies/Small World
Disparities in charter school resources—the influence of state policy and community
The literacy practices of recording achievement
The logic of equity practice in Queensland state education—2010
Bourdieu as education policy analyst and expert
Cross‐field effects and temporary social fields
Community responsive schools, mixed housing, and community regeneration
Mixed communities
Bourdieu and the study of educational policy
Coming home’ to new homes and new schools
Globalizing policy sociology in education
Mixed‐income schools and housing
Recent trends in social reproduction in France
A question of autonomy
Regulation and risk
Re‐branding urban schools
Teacher professional development as an effect of policy and practice
Urban accommodations
Evidence-Based Education Policies
An invitation to reflexive sociology
Research Quality Assessment and Geography in Australia
Globalisation, the research imagination and deparochialising the study of education
Bringing Bourdieu to policy sociology
An Invitation of Reflexive Sociology
Critical Policy Analysis
In Other Words
Towards a Reflexive Sociology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |