Consultants and Consultancy: the Case of Education

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Gunter, Helen M. (Συγγραφέας), Mills, Colin (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Σειρά: Educational Governance Research, 4
• Θέματα: Education.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.; Schools and Schooling.

This book is a comprehensive study into and about consultants doing consultancy, and having influence in ways that generate concerns about an emerging ‘consultocracy’, with privileged access to governments and public services. It presents a detailed mapping of consultants and consultancy in educatio...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Foreword – by Meg Maguire
• Acknowledgements
• Abbreviations
• 1. Consultants and consultancy in education
• Part 1: Consultants and consultancy in action
• 2. Corporate consultants in global companies
• 3. Researchers as consultants in and outside of universities
• 4. Professionals as consultants in and outside of companies
• Part 2: Consultants and consultancy and knowledge in education policy
• 5. Consultants and clients: Knowledge Regimes
• 6. Consultants in context: Knowledge Practices
• 7. Consultants and capitalism: Knowledge Economies
• 8. Consultants and ‘consultocracy’: Knowledge Politics
• 9. Conclusion
• References. .