School-based Parents' Groups--A Politics of Voice and Representation?.

Vincent, Carol; Martin, Jane

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ERIC Number: EJ616282

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Publication Date: 2000

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School-based Parents' Groups--A Politics of Voice and Representation?

Vincent, Carol; Martin, Jane

Journal of Education Policy, v15 n5 p459-80 Sep-Oct 2000

Considers discussion-based parents' forums at two British secondary schools. Each school has attracted an elite group of white, middle-class professional women with limited decision-making power that remains unconnected to the wider parent body. It is difficult for controversial parental issues to be heard. (Contains 39 references.) (MLH)

Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Discussion, Elitism, Foreign Countries, Group Dynamics, Middle Class Parents, Parent Participation, Participative Decision Making, Secondary Education, Social Stratification

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)

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