The Detail and the Bigger Picture
The use of state‐centred theory in explaining education policy and practice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12272003 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sally Power (0000-0003-3287-0003, University of London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 77-92 |
| Publication date | 1995-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Studies in Sociology of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0962-0214 • E-ISSN: 1747-5066 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0962021950050105 |
| OpenAlex | W2028610193 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 24 |
This paper attempts to understand recent changes in schools through the use of state‐centred theory. It does so in the light of concerns expressed by Jenny Ozga that much research on education policy and practice ignores the ‘bigger picture’. Through using case study material, this paper argues that state‐centred theorisations of education policy may provide little help in explicating what is going on in schools. The paper suggests that, rather than denigrating the ‘empiricism’ of research, we should reconsider the usefulness of such macro‐analtyical frameworks. It argues that these may be based on a priori assumptions which are undemonstrable and oppositions which are untenable
A priori and a posteriori · Economics · Education policy · Education theory · Empiricism · Epistemology · Higher education · Macro · Political science · Positive economics · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Computer Science · Educational Assessment and Improvement · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Law
Class, codes and control
Researching the Powerful in Education
Researching education policy
Politics and Policy Making in Education
The Structuring of Pedagogic Discourse
Schooling in capitalist America
Contradictions of the Welfare State
Social Theory and the Urban Question
Theorising the Governance of Education
Theorising the governance of education
Welfare Labourism versus the New Right
Policy Research and Policy Theory
Researching grant‐maintained schools 1
Researching the impact of education policy
The ‘Policy Cycle’
Opting for grant‐maintained status
Beyond Relative Autonomy Theories of the State in Education
Durkheim and the Sociology of Education in Britain
Political power and social classes
Marxism, Pluralism and Beyond
Capitalism, liberalism, and schooling
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2006 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |