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Peer reviewedElazar, Daniel J. – Phylon, 1975
Argues that the question for those concerned with education and politics is to determine the possibilities, limits and likely consequences of community control of the schools or its alternatives, and that by taking particular political decisions it will be possible to shape extra-political factors so as to either to enhance or to limit the…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Control, Decentralization, Educational Finance
Clark, Terry Nichols, Ed. – 1974
This book is a collection of 14 papers that grew out of activities and conferences of the Committee for Community Research of the International Sociological Association. All of the papers reflect a general concern for establishing an international basis for the study of local political power and decision-making. The various authors attempt to…
Descriptors: Community Control, Community Study, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies
Karlsson, Jenni – 1996
This report describes a British local government's role in the provision of schooling. It identifies the benefits and limitations of that involvement, and draws out the implications for South Africa. The document focuses on the Birmingham City Council, its committees, departments, and services, and their current role in the city's schools. It is…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Control, Educational Administration, Educational Policy
Download full textCharles, Searle F., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1978
The successes and failures in balancing state and local control of public community colleges are explored in this collection of essays describing effective and non-effective coordinating and planning efforts. Vincent S. Darnowski explores the Connecticut community colleges' struggle with a centralized state bureaucracy. Sidney W. Brossman uses the…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Community Colleges, Community Control, Decision Making
Garkovich, Lori; Irby, Jon – 1998
Control over a broad range of programs is being shifted back to state and local jurisdictions. Based on focus groups, interviews, and surveys of those who live in or represent organizations with a strong interest in rural America, this report highlights the concerns of rural communities towards these changing intergovernmental relations.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Community Control, Counties, Decentralization
Hua, Shucheng – 2002
The evolution of cadre (political elite and bureaucratic functionaries) education in China from 1949 to the present was evaluated in terms of leadership development and the underlying interests of the Chinese Communist Party as it integrates more fully into the world economy. Historic achievements include: (1) increased knowledge about market…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Audits (Verification), Bureaucracy, Centralization
