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Peer reviewedBurbules, Nicholas C. – Educational Theory, 1986
The author proposes a theory of power which explains important features of social and political life from the point of view that a more democratic and equalitarian organization of society is possible and desirable, and that education can play a role in attaining that kind of society. (MT)
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Hidden Curriculum, Political Power, Power Structure
