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The special issue documents the conceptual, empirical, and political progress that critical policy analysis in education has made. The contributions build on and employ the tools that have already been established, while they represent new critical approaches and combinations, each of which provides paths to be developed even further. I discuss the gains, limits, and paths to take to strengthen these analyses.

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critical policy analysis critical scholar/activist the Right contradictions hegemonic discourses

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Critical Policy Analysis: Gains and Challenges

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