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Reading Michael Apple — the sociological imagination at work

Stephen J. Ball

Institute of Education, University of London, UK, S.Ball{at}ioe.ac.uk

This article discusses Michael Apple's contribution to the sociology of education and education policy analysis and the politics of education. It focuses on ways of `reading' Apple as an intellectual and an activist and looks at the trajectory of his work over a long and illustrious career.

Key Words: fundamentalism • politics of knowledge • power • texts • sociology of education • the state

Theory and Research in Education, Vol. 5, No. 2, 153-159 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1477878507077726
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