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A new focus on the powerful, Geoffrey Walford. Part 1 Researchingcentral government policy-makers: researching Thatcherite education policy,Geoff Whitty and Tony Edwards; ministers and mandarins - educational researchin elite settings, John Fitz and David Halpin; the Lords' will be done -interviewing the powerful in education, J. Daniel McHugh; researching thepowerful in education and elsewhere, Maurice Kogan; ethics and power in astudy of pressure group politics, Geoffrey Walford. Part 2 Interpretinginterviews: political interviews and the politics of interviewing, Stephen J.Ball; the power discourse - elite narratives and policy formation, Peter W.Cookson. Part 3 Feminist perspectives: a feminist approach to researching thepowerful in education, Roslyn A. Mickelson; researching the locally powerful- a study of school governance, Rosemary Deem. Part 4 Historicalperspectives: research perspectives on the World Bank, Phillip W. Jones;interviewing the education policy elite, Sharon Gewirtz and Jenny Ozga;writing school history as a former participant - problems in writing thehistory of an elite school, Susan F. Semel. Conclusion: reflections onresearching the powerful, Geoffrey Walford.