Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Policy Process and The Processes of Policy -- Introduction -- Policy Analysis and The State-Control Model -- Policy Research and The Analysis of Policy Texts -- The National Curriculum as Text and The Political Context -- Characterizing The Policy Process -- Chapter 2 Education in The Marketplace -- Schools as Entrepreneurs -- Market Dynamics and The Politics of Space -- The Local History of Education Markets -- 'Reading' The Local Market(s) -- Profit Maximization or Market Share? -- Teachers in The Marketplace -- Education, Values and The Market Culture -- Chapter 3 LMS (The Local Management of Schools) and Theentrepreneurial School -- Introduction -- LMS and The School as an Enterprise -- Local Management in Action -- Summary -- Chapter 4 The National Curriculum: Subject to Change? -- Introduction -- Interpreting The Texts -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Special Educational Needs in A New Context -- Special Educatiorial Needs Provision in The 1990s -- Special Educatiorial Needs and The Natiorial Curriculum -- The Context of Practice: The Natiorial Curriculum -- The Context of Practice: LMS and The LEAs -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Changing Management and The Management of Change! -- 'New Mariagement', New Concerns and New Dilemmas -- Mariaging What? -- Conclusion -- References -- Index