Exley, Sonia


Dr Sonia Exley  

Department

Position held

Department of Social Policy

Lecturer

Experience keywords:

education policy; school choice; pupil segregation between schools; social deprivation; the politics of policy making; policy networks; policy sociology; the changing role of the state in public services

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My research focuses on education policy, the politics of policy-making and the politics of school choice.

Sectors and industries to which research relates:

Policy and Regulatory BodiesPublic Administration

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 7348

Publications

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2013

Exley, Sonia (2013) Making working-class parents think more like middle-class parents: Choice Advisers in English education. Journal of education policy, 28 (1). pp. 77-94. ISSN 0268-0939

2012

Exley, Sonia (2012) Are quasi-markets in education what the British public wants? Social policy & administration, Online ISSN 0144-5596

Exley, Sonia (2012) The politics of educational policy making under New Labour: an illustration of shifts in public service governance. Policy and politics, 40 (2). pp. 227-244. ISSN 0305-5736

Exley, Sonia and Ball, Stephen J. (2011) Something old, something new... understanding Conservative education policy. In: Bochel, Hugh, (ed.) The Conservative Party and social policy. Policy Press, Bristol, pp. 97-118. ISBN 9781847424327

Exley, Sonia and Braun, Annette and Ball, Stephen J. (2011) Global education policy: networks and flows. Critical studies in education, 52 (3). pp. 213-218. ISSN 1750-8487

Exley, Sonia (2011) School choice - parental freedom to choose and educational equality. In: Park, Alison and Clery, Elizabeth and Curtice, John and Phillips, Miranda and Utting, David, (eds.) British social attitudes 2011-2012. NatCen Social Research / Sage, London, UK, pp. 53-76. ISBN 9781446252581

2010

Ball, Stephen J. and Exley, Sonia (2010) Making policy with ‘good ideas’: policy networks and the ‘intellectuals’ of New Labour. Journal of education policy, 25 (2). pp. 151-169. ISSN 0268-0939

2009

Exley, Sonia (2009) Emerging discourses within the English ‘choice advice’ policy network. London review of education, 7 (3). pp. 249-260. ISSN 1474-8460

Exley, Sonia (2009) Exploring pupil segregation between specialist and non‐specialist schools. Oxford review of education, 35 (4). pp. 451-470. ISSN 0305-4985

2006

Smith, George and Exley, Sonia (2006) The influence of overseas examples on DES policy‐making for the school system in England, 1985–1995. Oxford review of education, 32 (5). pp. 575-597. ISSN 0305-4985

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