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ERIC Number: EJ567881
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-0068
School Choice Policies in England and the United States: An Exploration of Their Origins and Significance.
Whitty, Geoff; Edwards, Tony
Comparative Education, v34 n2 p211-27 Jun 1998
Examines similarities between English and U.S. school-choice policies, and considers explanations of any convergences: broader social changes versus policy exchanges. Discusses the utility of concepts such as postmodernism and post-Fordism, neoliberal policy networks within and between the two countries, and evidence of the use of overseas examples to legitimate policies at home. Contains 79 references. (Author/SV)
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Comparative Education, Diffusion (Communication), Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Free Enterprise System, Information Networks, Policy Formation, Politics of Education, School Choice
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: England; United States
Note: Theme issue: Special Number (20), "Comparative Perspectives in Education Policy."