Sandra Taylor is Associate Professor, Miriam Henry is Senior Lecturer in the School of Cultural and Policy Studies at the Queensland University of Technology., Bob Lingard is Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Queensland., Fazal Rizvi is Professor of Educational Policy and Administration in the Faculty of Education at Monash University.

• Chapter 1 The policy phenomenon; Chapter 2 What is policy?; Chapter 3 Doing policy analysis; Chapter 4 Globalisation, the state and education policy making; Chapter 5 Educational restructuring; Chapter 6 Putting education to work; Chapter 7 Difference, social justice and educational policy; Chapter 8 The politics of educational change References; Index;

Sandra Taylor is Associate Professor, Miriam Henry is Senior Lecturer in the School of Cultural and Policy Studies at the Queensland University of Technology., Bob Lingard is Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Queensland., Fazal Rizvi is Professor of Educational Policy and Administration in the Faculty of Education at Monash University.

• Chapter 1 The policy phenomenon; Chapter 2 What is policy?; Chapter 3 Doing policy analysis; Chapter 4 Globalisation, the state and education policy making; Chapter 5 Educational restructuring; Chapter 6 Putting education to work; Chapter 7 Difference, social justice and educational policy; Chapter 8 The politics of educational change References; Index;

Sandra Taylor is Associate Professor, Miriam Henry is Senior Lecturer in the School of Cultural and Policy Studies at the Queensland University of Technology., Bob Lingard is Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Queensland., Fazal Rizvi is Professor of Educational Policy and Administration in the Faculty of Education at Monash University.

• Chapter 1 The policy phenomenon; Chapter 2 What is policy?; Chapter 3 Doing policy analysis; Chapter 4 Globalisation, the state and education policy making; Chapter 5 Educational restructuring; Chapter 6 Putting education to work; Chapter 7 Difference, social justice and educational policy; Chapter 8 The politics of educational change References; Index;