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In this introduction, Finn traces the outlines of the political context of Michael Gove’s thought as Education Secretary, and argues that at least in part Gove was successful in achieving his aims through his expression of an educational vision consonant with a broader Conservative politics. The introduction also includes a plan of the volume.
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The image of a ‘backwater’ is conveyed effectively by the former senior civil servant John Carswell, Government and the Universities, 1960–1980: Programme and performance (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985).
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Crosland later gave significant insights into his tenure as Education Secretary through a long interview with former civil servant Maurice Kogan. Maurice Kogan, Anthony Crosland and Edward Boyle, The Politics of Education (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1971).
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Finn, M. (2015). Introduction: The Gove Ascendancy — Michael Gove as Secretary of State for Education. In: Finn, M. (eds) The Gove Legacy: Education in Britain after the Coalition. Palgrave Pivot, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137491510_1
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