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Democracy and Bureaucracy: Tensions in Public Schooling book cover

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Democracy and Bureaucracy Tensions in Public Schooling

Edited By Judith D. Chapman, Jeffrey F. Dunstan Copyright 1990
268 Pages
by Routledge

268 Pages
by Routledge

268 Pages
by Routledge
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First published in 1990, Democracy and Bureaucracy examines the tensions associated with the reorganization of public education in Australia. Contributors explore these tensions through a variety of related antimonies: bureaucracy and democracy, control and autonomy, centralism and devolution. The thesis generally propounded in this book is that democratic structures, participation and... Read more

Foreword Introduction Judith Chapman and Jeffrey Dunstan 1. Democracy and Bureaucracy in the Organization of School Systems in Australia Hedley Beare 2. Balancing Competing Values in School Reform William Lowe Boyd 3. From Charity School to Community School Brian V. Hill 4. Democracy, Bureaucracy and the Politics of Education Grant Harman 5. Governing Australia’s Public Schools Lyndsay G. Connors and James F. McMorrow 6. Exploring Trails in School Management David McRae 7. Democracy, Bureaucracy and the Classroom Garth Boomer 8. Democracy and Bureaucracy Christine Deer 9. Accountability in Changing School Systems Clive Dimmock and John Hattie 10. Financial Issues in the Tension between Democracy and Bureaucracy Ross Harrold 11. Tensions in System-wide Management George Berkeley 12. Reforming Bureaucracy Fazal Rizvi and Lawrence Angus Notes on Contributors Index

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Edited by Judith D. Chapman and Jeffrey F. Dunstan

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