Power Reconstructed: Reclaiming the Foundations of Power
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| Title: | Power Reconstructed: Reclaiming the Foundations of Power |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Parsons, Michael D. |
| Source: | Higher Education Policy. 2005 18(2):131-144. |
| Availability: | Palgrave Macmillan. Brunel Road, Houndmills, Bassingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 6XS, UK. Tel: +44-1256-357893; Fax: +44-1256-328339; e-mail: subscriptions@palgrave.com; Web site: http://www.palgrave-journals.com/hep/index.html |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 14 |
| Publication Date: | 2005 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Descriptors: | Public Policy, Federal Aid, Postmodernism, Political Influences, Socioeconomic Influences, Heuristics, Political Power |
| Geographic Terms: | United States |
| DOI: | 10.1057/palgrave.hep.8300077 |
| ISSN: | 0952-8733 |
| Abstract: | The purpose of this article is to attempt to reclaim the concept of foundations of power as a framework of analysis and as an approach to influencing policy. The first section briefly re-examines the policy area that developed in the late 20th century United States and suggests that it was an illusion based on a small area of consensus and a large supply of federal funds. The next section questions the ability to find a new consensus. The policy arena of the previous century has fragmented into multiple sites that make a new common foundation difficult, if not impossible, to achieve. The last section considers postmodernism as a heuristic device for understanding and influencing public policy. In doing so it is possible to reconstruct the concept of the foundations of power. |
| Abstractor: | Author |
| Entry Date: | 2006 |
| Accession Number: | EJ744916 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | The purpose of this article is to attempt to reclaim the concept of foundations of power as a framework of analysis and as an approach to influencing policy. The first section briefly re-examines the policy area that developed in the late 20th century United States and suggests that it was an illusion based on a small area of consensus and a large supply of federal funds. The next section questions the ability to find a new consensus. The policy arena of the previous century has fragmented into multiple sites that make a new common foundation difficult, if not impossible, to achieve. The last section considers postmodernism as a heuristic device for understanding and influencing public policy. In doing so it is possible to reconstruct the concept of the foundations of power. |
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| ISSN: | 0952-8733 |
| DOI: | 10.1057/palgrave.hep.8300077 |
