| Description |
xiv, 271 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Sage focus editions ; 134 |
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Sage focus editions ; 134
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| Contents |
Foreword / William Lowe Boyd -- 1. The Micropolitical Perspective / Joseph Blase -- 2. Micropolitics of Radical Change: Budgets, Management, and Control in British Schools / Stephen J. Ball and Richard Rowe -- 3. Contrived Collegiality: The Micropolitics of Teacher Collaboration / Andrew Hargreaves -- 4. Community Influence and School Micropolitics: A Case Example / H. Dickson Corbett -- 5. When District Authority Intrudes Upon the Local School / Paula Kleine-Kracht and Kenneth K. Wong -- 6. Cognitive Politics of Principals and Teachers: Ideological Control in an Elementary School / Gary L. Anderson -- 7. The Chasm Between Administrator and Teacher Cultures: A Micropolitical Puzzle / Catherine Marshall -- 8. The Micropolitics of Leadership in an Urban Elementary School / William D. Greenfield, Jr. -- 9. Everyday Political Perspectives of Teachers Toward Students: The Dynamics of Diplomacy / Joseph Blase |
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10. Toward a Micropolitics of Classroom Interaction / David Bloome and Jerri Willett -- 11. Analysis and Discussion: Some Concluding Remarks / Joseph Blase |
| Summary |
Micropolitics is a process as dynamic as people themselves, constantly changing according to the situation at hand. The study of micropolitics is thus one of the most exciting "new" developments in education in the second half of this century. Recognizing that micropolitics can be seen as the basis for all that takes place in schools, Joseph Blase has assembled a group of nine in-depth studies of micropolitics at the school-building level. Blase and his fellow scholars explore how teachers, administrators, and their students use political power to protect themselves and achieve results. The authors have studied micropolitics in a wide variety of settings in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. Every concept and conclusion is carefully documented with supporting data from the authors' research. Equally important is the effort to offer guidance for future researchers by providing concepts, theories, and implications. Understanding how people interact with each other is a fundamental part of effective leadership. Blase and his peers furnish readers with new insight to the process |
| Analysis |
Schools Management |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Education -- Political aspects -- Great Britain.
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Education -- Political aspects.
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School management and organization.
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Teacher-principal relationships.
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| Author |
Blase, Joseph.
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| LC no. |
91013614 |
| ISBN |
0803938926 |
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0803938934 (paperback) |
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