1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464098503321

Titolo

Gazing at welfare, gender and agency in post-socialist countries [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Maija Jappinen, Meri Kulmala and Aino Saarinen ; layout and technical editing, Heini Puurunen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2011

ISBN

1-283-14186-8

1-4438-2613-8

9786613141866

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (356 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JäppinenMaija

KulmalaMeri

SaarinenAino

Disciplina

362.94

Soggetti

Post-communism - Europe, Eastern

Post-communism - Russia (Federation)

Public welfare - Europe, Eastern

Public welfare - Russia (Federation)

Welfare state - Europe, Eastern

Welfare state - Russia (Federation)

Women - Europe, Eastern - Social conditions

Women - Russia (Federation) - Social conditions

Electronic books.

Europe, Eastern Social conditions 1989-

Russia (Federation) Social conditions 1991-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; PART I; CHAPTER TWO; PART II; CHAPTER THREE; PART III; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; PART IV; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; PART V; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; CONTRIBUTORS



Sommario/riassunto

The volume presents a new and unique view of welfare in Russia and Eastern European countries from an intersectional perspective of welfare, gender and agency. Since the collapse of socialism, the welfare structures of the post-socialist states have experienced large and rapid changes. The discussions on the reforming welfare models serve as the integrating theme for the volume. The authors discuss past and current developments and make comparisons in time and space-between the early 1990's a...

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779281703321

Autore

Lawton Denis.

Titolo

The politics of the school curriculum / / Denis Lawton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-71008-6

1-280-67644-2

9786613653376

1-136-71009-4

0-203-81485-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions: education ; ; 22

Disciplina

375.0010941

375.00941

375/.00941

Soggetti

Education and state - Great Britain

Education - Curricula - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1980.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

THE POLITICS OF THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM; Copyright; The Politics of the school curriculum; Original Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1The meaning of politics; Chapter 2Teachers and the control of the curriculum; Chapter 3The growing power of the mandarins and the secret service; Chapter 4The Assessment of Performance Unit; Chapter 5The Schools Council; Chapter 6The control of the examination system; Chapter 7The politics



of curriculum evaluation; Chapter 8'The end of the secret garden?'; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

If the curriculum can be defined as a 'selection from the culture of society', the central question then becomes 'who selects'. This volume answers this question, reviewing various aspects of the curriculum and its planning. For many years the control of the curriculum was uncontroversial. In the 1970s this situation changed: teachers were increasingly criticised for having too much power; the Department of Education was suspected of wanting more control and local education authorities felt they should be more involved in curriculum planning. In reviewing some of the reasons for these confl