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A Manipulated IDEA: The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and Public Education's New Institutionalism

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Public schools are political institutions that have been transforming in recent years and this paper will use “new institutionalism� to understand some of the dynamics motivating this transformation. Vivien Lowndes’ “manipulated institution� provides perspective regarding why this transformation is occurring. Legislators have used the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to maximize their chances of reelection by transferring power from teachers to parents of students with special needs, making them more important actors within the institution, and, in the process, creating a reliable voting bloc that they can use to win future elections. By their actions, legislators have given parents the power to influence the work rules of public education.
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A Manipulated IDEA: The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and Public Education's New Institutionalism
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Thesis advisor: Davis, Frank L.
Publisher
Lehigh University
Date Issued
2017-08
Language
English
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electronic documents
Department name
American Studies
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electronic documents
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Graduate Student
Identifier
1020277836
https://asa.lib.lehigh.edu/Record/10918299
Gerencser, . N. (2017). A Manipulated IDEA: The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and Public Education’s New Institutionalism (1–). https://preserve.lehigh.edu/lehigh-scholarship/graduate-publications-theses-dissertations/theses-dissertations/manipulated-idea
Gerencser, Nolan. 2017. “A Manipulated IDEA: The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act and Public Education’s New Institutionalism”. https://preserve.lehigh.edu/lehigh-scholarship/graduate-publications-theses-dissertations/theses-dissertations/manipulated-idea.
Gerencser, Nolan. A Manipulated IDEA: The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act and Public Education’s New Institutionalism. Aug. 2017, https://preserve.lehigh.edu/lehigh-scholarship/graduate-publications-theses-dissertations/theses-dissertations/manipulated-idea.