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Recent Reforms In The Governance Of Schooling Have Affected Roles, Relationships And Decision-making Within Schools And Between Them And The Wider Community. Using Empirical And Theoretical Approaches This Book Describes, Analyses And Compares The Effects Of Devolved Management On Secondary Schools In A Number Of Countries. It Casts A Critical Light Upon Policy Assumptions And Aims, Challenging Assumptions About The Way Policy Works In Practice. Through A Comparative International Perspective, Which Looks At Countries Including The Uk And The Us, The Conflicting Options For School Governance Are Addressed. These Include: *parental Participation And School Management Policy *professional, Managerial And Market Principles In Education *school-based Decision-making And The Implications Of Overarching Government Policies *devolution And Centralisation. This Is A Timely Study For Practitioners In Education, Policy-makers In Local And Central Government, Academics And Students Of Education Policy And Management.