The Politics of Education: From Political Science to Multidisciplinary Inquiry.

Discusses how political science has shaped educational politics. Examines educational politics' contribution to political science theory-building, highlighting federalism, multiple power centers, race relations, and democratic schooling issues. Explores why educational politics researchers diverge from the new political science paradigm (the rational choice model). Discusses research implications of the field's multidisciplinarity. (86 references) (MLH)