Democratic Participation and Administrative Control in Education
International Journal of Educational Management
ISSN: 0951-354X
Article publication date: 1 February 1989
Abstract
The generally held belief that the extension of participative administrative arrangements within education systems has necessarily led to democratic educational reform is critically examined. Although restructured systems may afford greater community involvement in educational governance, such involvement is generally bureaucratically mandated and occurs within a social and political context in which power relationships, including the relationship of education to other social spheres, are largely unexamined and remain unaltered. Using the case of Victoria, Australia, as an example it is demonstrated that versions of participation in education need not disturb patterns of managerial control.
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Citation
Angus, L.B. (1989), "Democratic Participation and Administrative Control in Education", International Journal of Educational Management, Vol. 3 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000001948
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
Copyright © 1989, MCB UP Limited