The school as an arena of political contestation: education policy from a post-Marxist perspective
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Keywords

critical education policy analysis
hegemony
Marxism
public policy production and implementation
post-Marxism

How to Cite

Wright, A. (2013). The school as an arena of political contestation: education policy from a post-Marxist perspective. Praktyka Teoretyczna, 7(1), 241–264. https://doi.org/10.14746/prt.2013.1.14

Abstract

Marksizm był i wciąż zdaje się być dominującą perspektywą teoretyczną w obrębie krytycznej analizy polityki edukacyjnej. Autor opisuje zróżnicowane „obrazy” szkoły obecne w teorii marksistowskiej, a krytykowane za determinizm ekonomiczny i redukcjonizm klasowy. Odwołując się do prac Ernesto Laclaua, prezentuje alternatywne dla marksizmu ramy teoretyczne, które można wykorzystać w krytycznych badaniach produkcji i implementacji polityki edukacyjnej. Z tej perspektywy, szkoła oraz polityka edukacyjna postrzegane są jako przestrzenie politycznej kontestacji i walki o hegemonię.

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