TY  - BOOK
AU  - Liasidou,Anastasia
TI  - Inclusive education, politics and policymaking: contemporary issues in education studies 
T2  - Contemporary issues in education studies
SN  - 1441157395
AV  - LC1200 .L53 2012
U1  - 371.9046 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Continuum
KW  - Inclusive education
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-169) and index; Table of Contents --; Cover --; Half title --; Series page --; Title --; Copyright --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Series Editors' Preface --; Introduction --; 1; Perspectives on Inclusion: Discourses, Politics and Educational Practice --; Introduction --; Defining inclusion: a semantic chameleon --; Inclusive education and the question of change --; Perspectives on inclusion --; Summary --; 2; Pedagogy for Inclusion --; Introduction --; Inclusive pedagogy: a paradigm shift --; Educational differentiation for socially just and non-discriminatory learning --; The principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) --; Inclusive pedagogy and teachers' professionalism --; Summary --; 3; Special Education Policymaking: A Critique --; Introduction --; Theorizing special education: a historical perspective --; The politics of special educational needs and disability --; Theorizing special education: a new perspective --; Postmodern/poststructural theorizing and special education --; Postmodern/poststructural theorizing: a multi-paradigm shift and its implications for special education policy and practice --; Theoretical pluralism under scrutiny: implications for political action --; 4; Understanding Inclusive Education Policymaking --; Introduction --; Inclusive education policy analysis --; The politics of inclusive educational policymaking --; Summary --; 5; Defining the Notion of Ideology: The Interplay of Ideas --; Introduction --; Understanding ideology --; Language, ideology, power relations and educational policymaking --; Ideology and the interplay of action and structure: an exploratory agenda --; Ideologies and the politics of inclusive educational policymaking --; Summary --; 6; Inclusive Policies and Institutional Conditions --; Introduction --; Constitutional and legislative conditions --; Administrative-political and bureaucratic conditions --; Economic conditions --; Deconstructing legislation: deconstructing unequal power relations --; Summary --; 7; Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Inclusive Education Policymaking --; Introduction --; Globalization and inclusion: the dialectic of the global and the local --; Policy borrowing in inclusive education --; 8; Conclusions --; Bibliography --; Index.
N2  - "A critical overview on the history of inclusive education policy and practice developments, with suggestions for possible ways forward"--
ER  -