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Consultants and Consultancy: the Case of Education

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...

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Main Authors: Gunter, Helen M. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Mills, Colin. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:Educational Governance Research, 4
Subjects:
Educational policy.
Education and state.
School management and organization.
School administration.
Schools.
Educational Policy and Politics.
Administration, Organization and Leadership.
Schools and Schooling.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48879-0
Table of Contents:
  • 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. .

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