Playing Power Politics: How "A Nation at Risk" Achieved Its National Stature.

Hlebowitsh, Peter S.

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Publication Date: 1990

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Playing Power Politics: How "A Nation at Risk" Achieved Its National Stature.

Hlebowitsh, Peter S.

Journal of Research and Development in Education, v23 n2 p82-88 Win 1990

This article attempts to reveal the working dimensions of power used to bring "A Nation at Risk" into national repute. Mackenzie's model of curriculum change is used to identify the sources of influence. The sources included access to bases of prestige, competence, money, legal authority, and mass communication. (Author/IAH)

Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Government Publications, Mass Media Role, Political Power, Politics of Education, Reports

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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