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The Liberal Future in America: Essays in Renewal. Edited by Philip Abbott and Michael B. Levy. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1985. Pp. vi + 210. $29.95.)
In: American political science review, Band 80, Heft 3, S. 997-999
ISSN: 1537-5943
Corporate Political Power & Liberal Democratic Theory
In: Polity, Band 15, Heft 2, S. 246-267
ISSN: 1744-1684
Neoconservatism in Contemporary Political Science: Democratic Theory and the Party System
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 44, Heft 4, S. 955-982
ISSN: 1468-2508
Neoconservatism in contemporary political science: democratic theory and party system
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 44, Heft 4, S. 955-982
ISSN: 0022-3816
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Democratic Revisionism Revisited
In: American journal of political science, Band 25, Heft 1, S. 160
ISSN: 1540-5907
Some Ways of Thinking About Equality of Opportunity
In: The Western political quarterly, Band 33, Heft 3, S. 393-400
ISSN: 1938-274X
Some Ways of Thinking About Equality of Opportunity
In: The Western political quarterly: official journal of Western Political Science Association, Band 33, Heft 3, S. 393
ISSN: 0043-4078
Normative Assumptions in Educational Policy Research: The Case of Jencks's Inequality
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 434, Heft 1, S. 101-113
ISSN: 1552-3349
Christopher Jencks's Inequality: A Reassess ment of the Effect of Family and Schooling in America is an example of social policy research which is also policy advocacy or normative political argument. His empirical analysis of the short-term and long-term effects of education is aimed at discrediting the "equality of opportunity" model for reducing social and economic inequality. He argues that we must move from concern with "equality of opportunity" to direct emphasis on "equality of results." Jencks cannot make a convincing case, however, because of a failure to pay sufficient attention to underlying normative assumptions con cerning both the meaning of the concepts of equality and equality of opportunity and the nature and purpose of educa tion. His argument is fundamentally misdirected because of a lack of awareness of the normative implications of both the position he is attacking and position he is advocating. Because of the role of social science as a legitimating symbol in debates over educational policy, it is particularly incumbent upon policy analysts both to clarify their own normative assump tions and to justify them in terms of a larger theoretical frame work. Policy research as policy advocacy is likely to fail as long as it neglects fundamental issues in normative political theory.
Normative Assumptions in Educational Policy Research: The Case of Jencks's Inequality
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 434, S. 101-113
ISSN: 0002-7162
C. Jencks's Inequality: A Reassessment of the Effect of Family and Schooling in America (New York: Basic Books, 1972) is an example of social policy research which is also policy advocacy or normative political argument. His empirical analysis of the short-term & long-term effects of education is aimed at discrediting the "equality of opportunity" model for reducing social & economic inequality. He argues that we must move from concern with "equality of opportunity" to direct emphasis on "equality of results." Jencks cannot make a convincing case, however, because of a failure to pay sufficient attention to underlying normative assumptions concerning both the meaning of the concepts of equality & equality of opportunity & the nature & purpose of education. His argument is fundamentally misdirected because of a lack of awareness of the normative implications of both the position he is attacking & the position he is advocating. Because of the role of social science as a legitimating symbol in debates over educational policy, it is particularly incumbent upon policy analysts to clarify their own normative assumptions & to justify them in terms of a larger theoretical framework. Policy research as policy advocacy is likely to fail as long as it neglects fundamental issues in normative political theory. Modified HA.
Families, poverty, and welfare reform: confronting a new policy era
In: A Chicago Assembly book