Transforming Education Policy: Shaping a Democratic Future

TRANSFORMING EDUCATION POLICY......Page 2
Contents......Page 4
Acknowledgements......Page 6
1. New openings......Page 8
New democratic times?......Page 9
Organic change......Page 13
Holistic democracy......Page 16
Structure of the book......Page 19
2. Driving democracy......Page 22
Instrumental drivers......Page 26
Expressive drivers......Page 30
Participative drivers......Page 34
3. Radicalising entrepreneurialism......Page 38
Generic entrepreneurialism......Page 40
Substantive meanings of entrepreneurialism......Page 41
Democratic entrepreneurialism......Page 47
4. The rise of plural control......Page 52
Control and autonomy......Page 55
A plural model......Page 58
5. A different view: organic meta-governance......Page 64
Spirit of change......Page 66
A democratic paradigm shift......Page 69
Challenges to the possibility of a democratic paradigm shift......Page 76
6. The concept of adaptive strategies......Page 84
Strategy of adaptation......Page 87
Holistic capabilities......Page 96
Critical democratic actors and democratic consciousness......Page 107
Democratising networks......Page 111
8. Degrees of democracy......Page 114
Methodology......Page 116
Degrees of democracy: an analytical framework......Page 118
Concluding remarks......Page 133
9. Practice in the making......Page 138
Radical traditions......Page 139
The modern mix: leadership, voice, action and initiative cultures......Page 141
Co–operativism......Page 151
Further expressive examples......Page 156
10. Energies for change......Page 162
Notes......Page 172
References......Page 190
Index......Page 208