Educational policies - Issues and dilemmas - by Stephen J. Ball

This book brings together contributions from researchers in the field of educational policies on highly relevant topics: the macro and micro relationship in educational and curriculum policy research, the role of theory in policy studies, conceptualization of social justice and its implications, ethical reflexivity in research, theoretical-methodological approaches in research on policy analysis, among other topics. The purpose of the book is to contribute to the expansion of theoretical-methodological discussions in research on educational and curricular policies, with the publication of texts by British authors who have had a strong influence on policy studies in several countries, as well as texts by Brazilian researchers .