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The Politics of Education in Developing Countries: From Schooling to Learning
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Hickey, Sam, Ed.; Hossain, Naomi, Ed. – Oxford University Press, 2019
Why have many developing countries that have succeeded in expanding access to education made such limited progress on improving learning outcomes? There is a growing recognition that the learning crisis constitutes a significant dimension of global inequality and also that educational outcomes in developing countries are shaped by political as…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Politics of Education, Access to Education, Educational Quality
Critical Analyses of Educational Reforms in an Era of Transnational Governance. Educational Governance Research. Volume 7
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Hultqvist, Elisabeth, Ed.; Lindblad, Sverker, Ed.; Popkewitz, Thomas S., Ed. – Educational Governance Research, 2018
This book represents a set of critical analyses of educational reforms where issues of transnational governance are of vital concern. It focuses on different aspects of, and practices in educational reform-making, and in particular on governing techniques and the working of new agencies such as supranational and multinational organizations. In…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Governance, International Organizations, Immigration
The White Elephant in the Room: Ideas for Reducing Racial Inequalities in Higher Education. HEPI Report 120
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Dale-Rivas, Hugo, Ed. – Higher Education Policy Institute, 2019
Racial inequalities in higher education are widely recognised, from the scarcity of black and minority ethnic (BME) professors and vice chancellors, to student attainment gaps and campaigns to decolonise the curriculum. This collection of essays brings together experts' ideas for reducing racial inequality across the sector. It includes…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Higher Education, Minority Group Teachers, Achievement Gap
The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Education
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Apple, Michael W., Ed.; Au, Wayne, Ed.; Gandin, Luis Armando, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
"The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Education" is the first authoritative reference work to provide an international analysis of the relationship between power, knowledge, education, and schooling. Rather than focusing solely on questions of how we teach efficiently and effectively, contributors to this volume push further…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, International Education, Political Attitudes, Economic Development
The Politics of Management Knowledge.
Clegg, Stewart R., Ed.; Palmer, Gill, Ed. – 1996
This book recognizes the political nature of management knowledge, as a discourse produced from, and reproducing, power processes within and between organizations. Critical examinations of certain current management theories--lean production, excellence, entrepreneurship--are examples of relations of power that intermingle with relations of…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Education, Case Studies, Change Agents
Agency and Structure: Dialectics in the Administration of Education. ESA844, Administrative Context of Schooling.
Watkins, Peter – 1985
This volume is part of a series of monographs from Australia devoted to outlining an alternative approach, based on neo-Marxist concepts, to educational administration. The introductory essay in this volume attempts to develop and clarify the basis for an alternative, dialectical approach to educational administration, which emphasizes the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Principles, Bureaucracy, Educational Administration
The Rot at the Top. Dysfunctional Bureaucracy in Academia.
Mieczkowski, Bogdan – 1995
This book is part of a continuing study of dysfunctional bureaucracy. Chapter 1 provides the framework for organizing the discussion on the dysfunctional bureaucracy as it occurs in academia. This chapter covers such topics as the protective strata of dysfunctional bureaucrats, the judiciary as part of the protective strata, bureaucratic…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Bureaucracy, College Faculty