Policy Matters

Perspectives, Procedures, and Processes

David C. Young, Robert E. White, Monica A. Williams, David Young

• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781803824826
• eBook ISBN: 9781803824833
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education Theory & Practice

Never have policy initiatives been so important than in today's society. Neoliberal manifestations, climate change, civil rights movements, and governmental reactions to these issues have created a backdrop where greater education in policy analysis and development is vital. Policy is often created for accruing power, expanding privilege, and further marginalizing oppressed groups. Educating policy developers and consumers is but one means of harnessing the positive power of policy while restraining the tendencies to pervert policy for the betterment of a powerful hegemonic elite.

Policy Matters: Perspectives, Procedures, and Processes demystifies policy, exploring how it may truly be transformative in combatting hegemonic and neoliberal incursions into the educational arena. The traditional theory / practice divide is overcome here, uniquely, as educational policy is united with educational reality to empower educators, education stakeholders, and citizens to use policy, policy development, and policy initiatives for the betterment of society as a whole.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Series editors
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• About the Authors
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Chapter 1 So, What Is Policy, Anyway?
• Chapter 2 Policy, Power and Politics in Education
• Chapter 3 Policy Alignment: Connecting School, District and System Policies
• Chapter 4 Contemporary Models of Policy Development
• Chapter 5 The Policy Continuum
• Chapter 6 The Roles of Educational Leaders in the Policy Process
• Chapter 7 Policy Implementation
• Chapter 8 Bridging Policy-Practice Gaps and Building Policy Capacity
• Chapter 9 Leadership of Change
• Chapter 10 Navigating the Policy Process: Intended and Unintended Consequences
• Chapter 11 Conclusion
• Index