Towards Inclusion? A Genealogy of Education Policy Discourses in Germany and the U.S. from 1949 – 2009 (Working Title)
First Advisor: Prof. Dr. Anne Waldschmidt
Second Advisor: Prof. Dr. Justin J.W. Powell
This timely volume argues for the necessity of inclusive educational policies to not only engender change within the school environment, but also in leading to inclusive societies more broadly. Challenging the notion that a paradigm shift has taken place in implementing inclusive policies in two democratic, federalist countries (Germany and the United States), this book offers an international comparative approach to assessing the strengths, weaknesses, and legitimations of current national practices. Offering a new perspective on a topic often studied using a single-nation, or intra-state, research design, the book combines theoretical and methodological approaches from the fields of sociology (Michel Foucault) and political science (Vivien Schmidt). In doing so, this book looks to the formations and coordination of policy discourse to explain why and toward what end changes are enacted. Offering a comparative contribution to the discourse around the fundamental inclusion of children with disabilities in schools and societies, this book will be of interest to researchers and students of political science, education policy, international and comparative educational research. It will also be relevant to scholars of special and inclusive education.
For the publication of this research see:
Curie L. Lee (2023): Inclusive Education Policy Discourses in Germany and the United States. A Comparative Approach to Schools and Society. https://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/70089/1/Dissertation_Lee.pdf