%0 Journal Article %1 ThruExpl1998 %A Thrupp, Martin %D 1998 %J Comparative Education %K GB failing %N 2 %P 195-209 %T Exploring the Politics of Blame: School Inspection and Its Contestation in New Zealand and England. %V 34 %X New Zealand's Education Review Office and England's Office for Standards in Education attempt to construct school failure as the clear responsibility of schools in order to gain ideological power as agents of accountability. These "politics of blame" are contested in both settings by an alternative "contextual" claim involving broader socioeconomic and political constraints on schools.

@article{ThruExpl1998, abstract = {New Zealand's Education Review Office and England's Office for Standards in Education attempt to construct school failure as the clear responsibility of schools in order to gain ideological power as agents of accountability. These "politics of blame" are contested in both settings by an alternative "contextual" claim involving broader socioeconomic and political constraints on schools.}, added-at = {2010-01-12T18:36:11.000+0100}, author = {Thrupp, Martin}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2cf6b0e5a1b9e19c2c8585584527139d9/isahv}, interhash = {1862672f4b5c75a7f09e23f8278613dc}, intrahash = {cf6b0e5a1b9e19c2c8585584527139d9}, journal = {Comparative Education}, keywords = {GB failing}, number = 2, pages = {195-209}, timestamp = {2010-01-12T18:36:12.000+0100}, title = {Exploring the Politics of Blame: School Inspection and Its Contestation in New Zealand and England.}, volume = 34, year = 1998 }