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Nordic Superintendents: Agents in a Broken Chain (Educational Governance Research)
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Description for Nordic Superintendents: Agents in a Broken Chain (Educational Governance Research)
Hardcover. Editor(s): Moos, Lejf; Paulsen, Jan Merok; Nihlfors, Elisabet. Series: Educational Governance Research. Num Pages: 348 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 7 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JNF; JNK; JNMT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
This book analyses the superintendent position and relations and shows how the well-known policy umbrella, the New Public Management (NPM), is being adapted to national contexts. School superintendents are civil servants at the heart of the governance of municipal education. Educational governance in the Nordic countries - Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden - is currently undergoing comprehensive restructuring and reconceptualisation at the hands of national governments influenced by transnational agencies. Our analyses of the superintendent position and relations show that the well-known policy umbrella, the New Public Management (NPM), is moving towards focusing on soft governance and social technologies as ... Read more
This book analyses the superintendent position and relations and shows how the well-known policy umbrella, the New Public Management (NPM), is being adapted to national contexts. School superintendents are civil servants at the heart of the governance of municipal education. Educational governance in the Nordic countries - Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden - is currently undergoing comprehensive restructuring and reconceptualisation at the hands of national governments influenced by transnational agencies. Our analyses of the superintendent position and relations show that the well-known policy umbrella, the New Public Management (NPM), is moving towards focusing on soft governance and social technologies as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Series
Educational Governance Research
Number of Pages
334
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319251042
SKU
V9783319251042
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Ref
99-15
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