{"product_id":"modernising-school-governance-andrew-wilkins-9780815360674","title":"Modernising School Governance: Corporate Planning and Expert Handling in State Education","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eModernising School Governance\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e examines the impact of recent market-based reforms on the role of governors in the English state education system. A focus of the book concerns how government and non-government demands for 'strong governance' have been translated to mean improved performance management of senior school leaders and greater monitoring and disciplining of governors. This book addresses fundamental questions about the neoliberal logic underpinning these reforms and how governors are being trained and responsibilised in new ways to enhance the integrity of these developments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on large-scale research conducted over three years, the book examines the impact of these reforms on the day to day practices of governors and the diminished role of democracy in these contexts. Wilkins also captures the economic and political rationalities shaping the conduct of governors at this time and traces these expressions to wider structural developments linked to depoliticisation, decentralisation and disintermediation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book addresses timely and original issues concerning the role of corporate planning and expert handling to state education at a time of increased school autonomy, shrinking local government support\/oversight, and tight, centralised accountability. It will appeal to researchers and postgraduate students in disciplines of education, sociology, political science, public policy and management. It will also be of interest to researchers and policy makers from countries with similar or emerging quasi-market education systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Wilkins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0815360673\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815360674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/21\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Andrew Wilkins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443710177535,"sku":"9780815360674","price":68.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4e7fd4a2-152f-4089-af11-edb0867383df.jpg?v=1777207303","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/modernising-school-governance-andrew-wilkins-9780815360674","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}