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Macpherson, R. J. S. – 1986
Policymaking is a subjective, cultural, and intellectually complex activity in a democracy and should be researched with the multidisciplinary approach. This paper focuses on theoretical implications of the multidisciplinary approach and on its opposing position, the structural-functional approach, in educational policy research. The paper briefly…
Descriptors: Educational Researchers, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
