Jansen, Jonathan D.2007-01-092007-01-091990-03Jansen, J D 1990, ‘Curriculum policy as compensatory legitimation? A view from the periphery’, Oxford Review of Education, vol. 16, issue 1, pp. 29-39. [http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/03054985.asp]0305-49851465-3915http://hdl.handle.net/2263/1353Argues that socialist curriculum policy, independent of actual curriculum practice, serves as a powerful vehicle for the legitimation of the state in post-colonial societies in the face of unaltered material conditions. Relevance of compensatory legitimation for developing nations; Defensive radicalism as an instrument of compensatory legitimation; Curriculum policy as defensive radicalism in Zimbabwe.86603 bytesapplication/pdfenRoutledgeCurriculumLegitimacy of governmentsSocial aspectsArticle