"Is strategic instrumentalism the best we can do?" -- Bureaucracy, "lightness," and discontent -- Reframing, prophetic pragmatism, and artful critique -- Being there, going public, and "the problem of the public" -- An ethics of dissent
Summary
"A critique of the composition field's engagement with education reform, particularly the practice of "reframing." Reframing is a pragmatic argument establishing or appealing to the professional authority of scholars in an effort to make that professional judgment more persuasive to publics, such as legislators and other policymakers"--Provided by publisher
