The Politics of Life in Schools
Power, Conflict, and Cooperation
Edited by:
- Joseph Blase - University of Georgia, USA
June 1991 | 288 pages | Corwin
"The effective use of power is synonymous with effective leadership and effective schools. Those who understand the politics of their schools will enhance the quality of school life."
--from Chapter 9, "The Everyday Political Perspectives of
Joseph Blase
The Micropolitical Perspective
Stephen J Ball and Richard Bowe
The Micropolitics of Radical Change
Andrew Hargreaves
Contrived Collegiality
H Dickson Corbett
Community Influence and School Micropolitics
Paula Kleine-Kracht and Kenneth K Wong
When District Authority Intrudes Upon the Local School
Gary L Anderson
The Cognitive Politics of Principals and Teachers
Catherine Marshall
The Cultural Chasm Between Administrator and Teacher Cultures
William D Greenfield Jr
The Micropolitics of Leadership in an Urban Elementary School
Joseph Blase
The Everyday Political Perspectives of Teachers Toward Students
David Bloome and Jerri Willett
Toward a Micropolitics of Classroom Interaction
Joseph Blase
Analysis and Discussion