Australian Policies on Special Education: Towards a Sociological Account
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Disability, Handicap & Society
- Vol. 1 (1) , 19-52
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02674648666780031
Abstract
The discussion analyses Australian national and four State policies from a sociological perspective. It examines these written policies (as distinct from stated and enacted policies, cf. Macdonald, 1981) along a number of dimensions, and theorises the various integrationist positions in these policies, using Demaine's (1981) and Culley & Demaine's (1983) framework. In addition, it comments on other aspects of these policies which have social and sociological significance, including their social control implications.Keywords
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