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9780791469057

The New Institutionalism in Education

by Meyer, Heinz-Dieter; Rowan, Brian
  • ISBN13:

    9780791469057

  • ISBN10:

    0791469050

  • eBook ISBN(s):

    9780791481080

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2006-11-01
  • Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations vii
Acknowledgments ix
1. Institutional Analysis and the Study of Education
1(14)
Heinz-Dieter Meyer and Brian Rowan
2. The New Institutionalism and the Study of Educational Organizations: Changing Ideas for Changing Times
15(18)
Brian Rowan
3. Varieties of Institutional Theory: Traditions and Prospects for Educational Research
33(18)
Charles E. Bidwell
4. The Rise and Decline of the Common School as an Institution: Taking "Myth and Ceremony" Seriously
51(16)
Heinz-Dieter Meyer
5. The School Improvement Industry in the United States: Why Educational Change Is Both Pervasive and Ineffectual
67(20)
Brian Rowan
6. The Institutional Environment and Instructional Practice: Changing Patterns of Guidance and Control in Public Education
87(16)
James Spillane and Patricia Burch
7. The New Institutionalism Goes to the Market: The Challenge of Rapid Growth in Private K-12 Education
103(20)
Scott Davies, Linda Quirke, and Janice Aurini
8. Growing Commonalities and Persistent Differences in Higher Education: Universities between Global Models and National Legacies
123(20)
Francisco O. Ramirez
9. How Private Higher Education's Growth Challenges the New Institutionalism
143(20)
Daniel C. Levy
10. Institutional Change in Education: Evidence from Cross-National Comparisons 163(24)
David P. Baker
11. Breaking the Institutional Mold: Faculty in the Transformation of Chilean Higher Education From State to Market 187(16)
Andrés Bernasconi
12. Lessons Learned and Future Directions 203(14)
Brian Rowan
13. Gauging the Prospects for Change 217(8)
Heinz-Dieter Meyer
List of Contributors 225(4)
Index 229

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