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Making citizens governable? The Crick Report as governmental technology.
- Source :
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Journal of Education Policy . May2007, Vol. 22 Issue 3, p301-319. 19p. - Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- This paper considers the recent introduction of Citizenship Education in England from a governmental perspective, drawing on the later work of Foucault to offer a detailed account of the political rationalities, technologies and subjectivities implicated in contemporary education policy in the formation and governance of citizen-subjects. This is understood in terms of making citizens 'governable', but importantly not unproblematically 'governed'. I illustrate my account with interviews with members of the Crick Advisory Group and an analysis of the Crick Report, in order to explore the discourses and practices of educational policy-making. Trends are identified in education policy research which serve to de-politicise the policy realm and narrow the scope of ethical and political consideration. I therefore make use of Derrida's post-structuralism to argue for an expanded conceptualisation of education and politics, and for further interrogation of the purpose, scope and temporal imperatives of education, in a theoretical-empirical approach which takes seriously the geography of power in education policy and practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *EDUCATION policy
*POLICY sciences
*STRUCTURALISM
*EMPIRICAL research
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02680939
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Education Policy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 24602293
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02680930701269202