Open AccessGovernor Clinton and Educational Reform: The Use of Non- Language Based Symbolism
Author(s) -
Marvin E. De Boer
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
american review of politics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2374-779X
pISSN - 2374-7781
DOI - 10.15763/issn.2374-7781.1987.8.0.78-85
Subject(s) - aside , governor , politics , drama , state (computer science) , session (web analytics) , value (mathematics) , public administration , political science , sociology , law , linguistics , engineering , literature , art , philosophy , advertising , mathematics , business , algorithm , aerospace engineering , statistics
By the close of the extra-ordinary session of the Arkansas General Assembly on November 10,1983, a significant program of public education reform had been endorsed and a one cent increase in the sales tax had been passed to fund it. Aside from the question of the value of this public policy for the future of education in Arkansas, scholars in a number of disciplines may well examine this situation to validate theory and to discover useful insights. Converging in this effort, are, at least, political scientists and communication scholars who view these concerns as a common domain. As noted political scientist Murray Edelman has observed, gestures and speeches make up the drama of the state (Edelman, 1964: 172).