The state and the politics of knowledge / / Michael W. Apple ; [assisted by] Peter Aasen. [and others]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784094403321
• Autore: Apple Michael W.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York ; ; London : , : RoutledgeFalmer, , 2003
• ISBN: 1-135-95138-1; 1-280-02553-0; 0-415-93513-X; 0-203-44119-2; 1-135-95139-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (268 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): AasenPetter
• Disciplina: 379
• Soggetti: Education and state
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-250) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; The State and the Politics of Knowledge; Becoming Right: Education and the Formation of Conservative Movements; Reading Polynesian Barbie: Iterations of Race, Nation, and State; Rethinking the Education State Formation Connection: The State, Cultural Struggles, and Changing the School; What Happened to Social-Democratic Progressivism in Scandinavia? Restructuring Education in Sweden and Norway in the 1990s; Schooling, Work, and Subjectivity; Democracy, Technology, and Curriculum: Lessons from the Critical Practices of Korean Teachers; Educating the State, Democratizing Knowledge: The Citizen School Project in Porto Alegre, BrazilAfterword; Notes; References; Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Michael W. Apple has assembled established and emerging scholars to show how political institutions regulate knowledge and legitimate certain versions of culture.