Studying Educational and Social Policy
Subtitle: Theoretical Concepts and Research Methods (Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Educatio)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum
Published: April 8, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780805844603
Subjects: Organization & management of education; Public Policy - Social Policy; Political Science; Sociology; Politics/International Relations; Research; Educational Policy & Reform; Education / Research; Social Science / Research; Policy sciences
First sentence: Tinkering with the education system in the United States has always drawn the interest of policymakers and educational reformers as a means of improving society's social and economic ills (Tyack, 1991).