Neo-Democracy in Educational Policy-Making: A Critical Case Study of Neoliberal Reform in Massachusetts

Autor/in	Piazza, Peter
Titel	Neo-Democracy in Educational Policy-Making: A Critical Case Study of Neoliberal Reform in Massachusetts
Quelle	In: Journal of Education Policy, 32 (2017) 2, S.211-233 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0268-0939
DOI	10.1080/02680939.2016.1258592
Schlagwörter	Educational Policy; Neoliberalism; Educational Change; Case Studies; State Legislation; Public School Teachers; Job Security; Elementary Secondary Education; Interviews; Stakeholders; Observation; Democracy; Policy Formation; Politics of Education; Conflict; Unions; Nonprofit Organizations; Massachusetts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Bildungsreform; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Landesrecht; Arbeitsplatzsicherheit; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Beobachtung; Demokratie; Politische Betätigung; Educational policy; Konflikt; Nonprofit-Organisation; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	This paper explores changes to the educational policy-making arena through case study analysis of a Massachusetts law passed in 2012 that limits seniority-based job protections for public K-12 teachers. I use data from interviews with policy stakeholders, observations of public meetings, and policy artifacts to explore struggles over democratic engagement in what unfolded as a highly undemocratic policy development process. Using the policy cycle framework, I explore the ways that political pressure and political discourses shaped the policy development process through various contexts of political struggle. Ultimately, I argue that the case is indicative of what I am calling "neo-democratic" decision-making, in which high-level interest group conflict leads to narrow forms of democratic engagement. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01