This paper seeks to extend work previously published that points to the importance of rhetorical analysis to policy studies. It argues against the notion that policy can be dismissed as 'spin' and explores further the work of rhetoric within the UK government's policy texts of lifelong learning. For the authors, rhetorical analysis helps to point…

Critical analysis of the European Union's (EU) policy toward a learning society involving eight countries. Presents a theoretical framework composed of three different aspects of learning-society policy debate: economic, political, and cultural. Suggests that EU policy for a learning society is unstable and complex. (Contains 56 references.) (PKP)

Discusses the mobilization of lifelong learning within the context of actor-network theory and "governmentality." Develops a framework for further research. (Contains 28 references.) (PKP)

In the analysis of lifelong-learning policies, the gap between rhetoric and reality has been avidly debated. Such critiques are misguided; an "exemplary" rhetorical analysis of lifelong-learning policy is possible. UK government publications suggest that rhetorical analysis helps identify the politics of discourse involved in policy-making.…

Seeks to locate and define flexibility as a globalizing and globalized policy metaphor. Explores flexibility within the growing debates about globalization of education policies and the metaphors deployed to frame these practices. Outlines metaphors' role in policy texts and related readings and understandings. (Contains 23 references.) (MLH)