Just Talk? Discourses and Deinstitutionalization in School District Policy Making

Autor/in	Spain, Angeline K.
Titel	Just Talk? Discourses and Deinstitutionalization in School District Policy Making
Quelle	In: American Journal of Education, 124 (2017) 1, S.101-126 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0195-6744
Schlagwörter	Extracurricular Activities; Policy Formation; Board of Education Policy; Institutional Characteristics; School Districts; Role + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Außerunterrichtliche Aktivität; Politische Betätigung; School district; Schulbezirk; Rollen
Abstract	Extracurricular programs, which tend to be both highly institutionalized and popular with parents, were hard hit by cutbacks during the Great Recession. This study uses conceptual research on organizational routines and institutional processes to examine this case of controversial policy making. Observing school district policy making in two communities, I investigate the role of a commonplace routine in eroding collective meaning about the value of the "extracurriculum." I show that the routine structured what ideas entered into district policy making, with local institutional consequences. By uncovering this role of routines, this article contributes to understandings of dynamics that create openings for education policy change. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01