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Download full textWeiler, Hans N. – 1988
As this paper demonstrates, studying abortive educational reforms reveals a great deal about the complex political dynamics involved in making (and unmaking) key policy decisions. Using case studies of France and West Germany, the paper argues that the state in advanced industrial countries tends to maximize the political gains derived from…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Failure
