The formulation and transition of China’s educational policy from 1978 to 2007:A policy discourse analysis

Quite a lot is known about the dramatic changes in educational policy in China over the period after Deng Xiaoping came to power and declared China open to modernization,the world and the future.However it is rare to see a sophisticated analysis of the policy formulation and implementation process,set in the frame of the literature of critical discourse analysis,as is done in this volume.