The turn towards policy mobilities and the theoretical-methodological implications for policy sociology

• Published in: Critical studies in education Vol. 62; no. 3; pp. 322 - 337
• Main Author: Lewis, Steven
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melbourne Routledge 27.05.2021; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Critical Theory; Education; Education policy; Educational Policy; Educational Sociology; Global Approach; infrastructure; methodology; Mobility; Policy Analysis; Policy change; Policy implementation; Policy making; policy mobilities; Policy sociology; relational; Research Methodology; Social research; Social Science Research; Social Sciences; Sociology; space; theory; topology
• ISSN: 1750-8487; 1750-8495
• DOI: 10.1080/17508487.2020.1808499

This paper reflects critically upon how the 'mobilities turn' in the social sciences, and its subsequent contribution towards 'policy mobilities', offers theoretical and methodological resources that can be usefully harnessed in education policy sociology. Just as there are new w...