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The Politics of Life in Schools

Power, Conflict, and Cooperation
Political life in schools is complex, unstable and virtually unpredictable, yet it is a pervasive part of the educational system. Those who understand the `political realities' of the system have the power to get things done by using the process of conflict and cooperation with allies and rivals alike.

This in-depth study of this form of grassroots politics - `micropolitics' - in schools, which includes examples from the United Kingdom, explores how teachers, administrators and their students use political power to protect their interests and to bring about change in the status quo.

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  • Grade Level: PreK-12
  • ISBN: 9780803938939
  • Published By: Corwin
  • Series: SAGE Focus Editions
  • Year: 1991
  • Page Count: 288
  • Publication date: June 18, 1991
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"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
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Author(s)

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Joseph Blase

Joseph Blase is a professor of educational administration at the University of Georgia. Since receiving his Ph.D. in 1980 from Syracuse University, his research has focused on school reform, transformational leadership, the micropolitics of education, principal-teacher relationships, and the work lives of teachers. His work concentrating on school-level micropolitics received the 1988 Davis Memorial Award given by the University Council for Educational Administration, and his coauthored article published in the Journal of Educational Administration won the W. G. Walker 2000 Award for Excellence. In 1999 he was recognized as an elite scholar, one of the 50 Most Productive and Influential Scholars of Educational Administration in the world. Blase’s books include The Politics of Life in Schools: Power, Conflict, and Cooperation (winner of the 1994 Critic’s Choice Award sponsored by the American Education Studies Association), Bringing Out the Best in Teachers (1994, 2000, 2008); The Micropolitics of Educational Leadership (1995), Empowering Teachers (1994, 2000), Democratic Principals in Action (1995), The Fire Is Back (1997), Handbook of Instructional Leadership (1998, 2004), Breaking the Silence (2003), and Teachers Bringing Out the Best in Teachers (2006). His recent research (coauthored with Jo Blase and Du Fengning, 2008), a national study of principal mistreatment of teachers, appeared in The Journal of Educational Administration. Professor Blase has published over 120 academic articles, chapters, and books.
Table of Contents

Table of Contents

The Micropolitical Perspective

The Micropolitics of Radical Change

Budgets, Management and Control in British Schools

Contrived Collegiality

The Micropolitics of Teacher Collaboration

Community Influence and School Micropolitics

A Case Example

When District Authority Intrudes Upon the Local School

The Cognitive Politics of Principals and Teachers

Ideological Control in an Elementary School

The Cultural Chasm Between Administrator and Teacher Cultures

A Micropolitical Puzzle

The Micropolitics of Leadership in an Urban Elementary School

The Everyday Political Perspectives of Teachers Toward Students

The Dynamics of Diplomacy

Toward a Micropolitics of Classroom Interaction

Analysis and Discussion

Some Concluding Remarks

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