1st Edition

Subversion, Power and Hierarchy in Organisations and Society Carnivalesque Leadership

By Jo Trevenna Copyright 2025
160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

Subversion, Power and Hierarchy in Organisations and Society: Carnivalesque Leadership explores a leadership strategy that dates back centuries but has become so normalised that it can be invisible as a strategy. Extrapolating Mikhail Bakhtin’s ideas on carnival and its potential for communal freedom and subversive challenge to existing hierarchies, this book identifies components of... Read more

Introduction

Chapter One – Bakhtin's Carnivalesque

Chapter Two – How and Why is Carnivalesque Leadership Effective?

Chapter Three – Carnivals and Carnivalesque Leadership

Chapter Four – Play, Joy, Freedom and Compliance – Carnivalesque Leadership in Education

Chapter Five – Corporate Carnivalesque

Chapter Six – Pride: From Riot to Carnival

Conclusion

Biography

Jo Trevenna completed her PhD in 2001 and has returned to academic research following a twenty-year career in educational leadership. In addition to pursuing her interest in Carnivalesque Leadership, Jo’s research interests focus on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in the corporate and education sectors and pastoral provision in schools.