1st Edition
Public Policy in a Divided Society Schooling, Culture and Identity in Northern Ireland
By Alex McEwen
Copyright 1999
160 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
154 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1999, this volume is focused on the framing and implementation of public policy in education in a society with deeply entrenched cultural and political identities as expressed by Protestants and Catholics through their different schooling systems. The problems and prospects of reconciling political and ethnic conflict in Northern Ireland are analyzed from the viewpoints of the... Read more
1. Historical Background to Education in Northern Ireland. 2. Schooling and Identity. 3. Structure, Power and Policy. 4. Policy in Practice. 5. The Policy Process: Interviews with Policy Makers.
Biography
Alex McEwen
’...is essential reading for all specialist writers in the education field.’ Belfast Telegraph ’The author employs past and recent history to demonstrate the central role played by the churches in sustaining both cultural difference and a system of selective education.’ Children and Society
