Foucault, Power, and Education invites internationally renowned scholar Stephen J. Ball to
reflect on the importance and influence of Foucault on his work in educational policy. By …

How do young people get by in hard times and hard places? Have they become a'lost
generation'disconnected from society's mainstream? Do popular ideas about social …

This paper draws upon qualitative research with 'socially excluded'young people in the
North East of England. It proposes that the concept and study of 'leisure careers' is useful in …

Drawing on qualitative research on youth transitions in a locale that faces all the objective
problems of'social exclusion'in extreme form, this article explores the ways in which young …

Continuities between the cycle speech, the Research Programme, and current policy can be
explored in relation to government initiatives on social exclusion and child poverty. How far …

In Chapter One the aims of this book were laid out. First, to examine how different groups of
economically marginal people negotiate the offerings of a 'post-industrial'labour market and …

Qualitative research with socially excluded young people in a prime underclass locale is the
basis for this examination of experiences of schooling in the shaping of youth transitions …

Background The purpose of this study is to examine the risk of a work‐injury absence and
the likelihood of receiving compensation among partnered and lone mothers and fathers …

This thesis examines the experience of participants in the Voluntary Sector (VS) option of the
New Deal for Young People (NDYP) through a survey of London providers and two case …