Education and the Status Quo.

The article presents a comparative analysis of the current state of education across the world from a political perspective. Today, it is being claimed that political scientists have discovered education. This claim, supposedly, is motivated to direct the attention of political scientists toward the idea that non-political institutions, such as schools, have political consequences. It is also aimed to emphasize on the political socialization of education. The author argues that there is a need for an educational process that serves as an agent of social change. He links the future of all national educational systems with the basic outlooks and values of the political order. In developing countries, particularly, the educational system is viewed as the key to rapid social change. However, students of socialization have made a strategic error in concerning themselves primarily with the manifest content of social studies programs. In advanced industrial societies, especially stable democracies, the important thing about political socialization is not the explicit content of political education programs. The author argues for a centralized attention towards the issue of socialization in schools. He mainly suggests to pay attention to two aspects of the educational process: first, aspects of political life not included in typical social studies courses, and second, techniques of instruction.