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Emergence of the Politics of Education Field: Making Sense of the Messy Center

Jay D. Scribner, ,

Enrique Aleman, ,

Brendan Maxcy, ,

The authors place the evolution of politics in education and the politics of education field in historical context and introduce a framework for understanding how three theoretical streams-micropolitics, political culture, and neoinstitutionalism-emerged as the behavioralist movement receded. They argue that although there may appear to be a messy center lacking a single disciplinary paradigm, the field has been advancing by means of integrative and aggregative drives that are, indeed, complementary as well as competitive and result in a healthy and productive state of the field.

Key Words: politics in education • politics of education • micropolitics • political culture • neoinstitutionalism • school governance • rationalism • culturalism • structuralism

Educational Administration Quarterly, Vol. 39, No. 1, 10-40 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/0013161X02239759
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