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The study of educational politics : the 1994 commemorative yearbook of the Politics of Education Association (1969-1994) / edited by Jay D. Scribner and Donald H. Layton.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Education policy perspectives.
- Education policy perspectives
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education--Political aspects--Study and teaching.
- Education.
- Education--Political aspects--Study and teaching--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (234 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Educational politics
- 1994 commemorative yearbook of the Politics of Education Association (1969-1994)
- Nineteen ninety four commemorative yearbook of the Politics of Education Association (1969-1994)
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York, NY : Falmer, 1995.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This text is intended to be of use as a guide for students, scholars and researchers of the politics of education and of educational policy studies. The comprehensive work surveys major trends between 1969 and 1994, with chapters synthesising political and policy developments at local, national and state levels in the US as well as in the international arena. The text contains in-depth examinations of the emerging micropolitics of the field of education as well as policy analysis and cultural and feminist studies, and bibliographies are provided at the end of each chapter.; Designed as both a
- Contents:
- Cover; The Study of Educational Politics; Copyright; Contents; A List of Editors and Contributors; Foreword to The Study of Educational Politics; Introduction and overview; 1. Values: the 'What?' of the politics of education; 2. The politics of education: from political science to multi-disciplinary inquiry; 3. The crucible of democracy: the local arena; 4. State policy-making and school reform: influences and influential; 5. Politics of education at the federal level; 6. The international arena: the Global Village; 7. Policy analysis and the study of the politics of education
- 8. Rational choice theory and the politics of education: promise and limitations9. The micropolitics of education: mapping the multiple dimensions of power relations in school polities; 10. Rethinking the public and private spheres: feminist and cultural studies perspectives on the politics of education; 11. Making the politics of education even more interesting; 12. Educational politics and policy: and the game goes on; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-71849-0
- 0-203-28917-X
- 1-135-71850-4
- 1-280-40247-4
- 9786610402472
- 0-203-20930-3
- 9780203209301
- OCLC:
- 437079170
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