Political Approaches to Educational Administration and Leadership

This collection explores the political philosophy and theory foundations for educational administration and leadership as they influence our understanding, analysis and practice in the field covering a broad range of topics, such as values, ethics, governance, policy, and power. The volume is organized into three section: the first discusses the work of such writers as Machiavelli, Kant and Hegel, Hayek, Habermas, and Bourdieu as their theories apply to the educational context; the second examines various types of political analyses, such as the politics of the policy process, minority politics, civil society, micro-politics, community politics, and cosmopolitan theory; and the third addresses current topical issues of a political nature including serving the state economic agenda, the democratization of educational organizations, the neo-conservative agenda, civil disobedience, the politics of transition states, globalization, and the role of international educational organizations. This volume is an excellent addition to fields as the politics of education, educational leadership, organizational studies, and educational administration theory.Samier, Eugenie is the author of 'Political Approaches to Educational Administration and Leadership', published 2008 under ISBN 9780415962070 and ISBN 0415962072.