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ERIC Number: EJ547989
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0141-9072
Analysing the Policy Process.
Humes, Walter M.
Scottish Educational Review, v29 n1 p20-29 May 1997
Examines the recent development of educational policy analysis as a research field within Scottish education. Discusses "inside" and "outside" approaches to policy analysis; the value of theoretical models for making sense of source material; the potential of discourse analysis, illustrated by reference to Foucault and Lyotard; and the need for researchers to resist political pressures. Contains 36 references. (Author/SV)
Descriptors: Criticism, Discourse Analysis, Educational Policy, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Ideology, Policy Analysis, Politics of Education, Power Structure, Social Science Research
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Scotland