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ERIC Number: EJ655377
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0268-0939
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The Cultural Mediation of State Policy: The Democratic Potential of New Community Schooling in Scotland.
Nixon, Jon; Walker, Melanie; Baron, Stephen
Journal of Education Policy, v17 n4 p407-21 Jul-Aug 2002
Assesses the democratic potential of New Community Schools (NCS) as developed by the Scottish Executive. Defines the ambivalence of NCS with regard to deliberative democracy, which results from the mediation of state policy. Evaluates NCS in terms of the ends and purposes of deliberative democracy. Infers from the early NCS experience a number of conditions for democratic renewal. (Contains 43 references.) (Authors/PKP)
Descriptors: Democracy, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Foreign Countries, Local Government
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Scotland)
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