Legislative Decision-Making on Education Issues: A Qualitative Study

Autor/inn/en	Canfield-Davis, Kathy; Jain, Sachin
Titel	Legislative Decision-Making on Education Issues: A Qualitative Study
Quelle	In: Qualitative Report, 15 (2010) 3, S.600-629 (30 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1052-0147
Schlagwörter	Legislation; Decision Making; Educational Policy; Qualitative Research; Legislators; Political Influences; Politics of Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gesetzgebungslehre; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Qualitative Forschung; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Educational policy
Abstract	The purpose of this descriptive, single case study was to provide knowledge and insight about state education policy-making, specifically, the process by which education-related bills pass through a legislature. This study was also designed to identify factors of influence shaping legislative decision-making as perceived by lawmakers and observers of the legislative process. Sources of evidence included interviews, direct observation, archival records, public records documentation, and tape recordings of committee meetings and Senate floor sessions. Results show that a bill's fate is subject to many planned and unplanned sequential steps, and to a collection of diverse personalities that drive the legislative process. Trust forms the foundation upon which other factors depend including bill sponsors, party leadership, lobbyists, fellow legislators, and constituents. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10