Educational Partnerships and the State: The Paradoxes of Governing Schools, Children, and Families

Introduction: Educational Partnerships: An Introductory Framework B.M.Franklin ; M.Bloch & T.S.Popkewitz PART I: PARTNERSHIPS AND CHANGING PATTERNS OF GOVERNING Partnerships: The Social Pact and Changing Systems of Reasoning a Comparative Perspectives; T.S.Popkewitz Partnership as a Floating and Empty Signifier within Educational Policies: The Mexican Case; R.Buenfil Burgos PART II: BETWEEN THE STATE, CIVIL SOCIETY, AND EDUCATION Partnerships in a Cold Climate: The Case of Britain; B.M.Franklin & G.McCulloch Educational Action Zones: Model Partnerships; M.Dickson , S.Gewirtz , D.Halpin , S.Power & G.Whitty Partnerships-The Community Context in Miami; M.Y.Baber & K.M.Borman with J.Avery & E.Amador PART III: SCHOOL REFORM AND PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS The Public-Private Nexus in Education; H.M.Levin Governance and Accountability in the Michigan Partnership for New Education: Reconstructing Democratic Participation; L.Fendler PART IV: GOVERNING AS A PROBLEM OF INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION Partnerships and Parents: Issues of Sex and Gender in Policy and Practice; M.E.David Partnering to Serve and Save the Child with Potential: Re-examining Salvation Narratives within one University-School-Community 'Service-Learning' Project; M.Bloch , I.Fang Lee , & R.L.Peach

EDGAR AMADOR Graduate Student in applied anthropology, University of South Florida, USAJENNIFER AVERY Graduate Student in applied anthropology, University of South Florida, USAM. YVETT BABER Independent Researcher in applied anthropologyMARIANNE N. BLOCH Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USAKATHRYN M. BORMAN Professor of Anthropology and Assistant Director, David C. Anchin Center, University of South Florida, USAR. BUENFIL BURGOS Professor of Education, Cinvastev, MexicoMIRAM E. DAVID Professor of Policy Studies, Department of Education and Director, Graduate School of Science Sciences, Keele University, UKMARNY DICKSON Research Officer, Education Policy Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London, UKLYNN FENDLER Assistant Professor of Education, Department of Teacher Education, Michigan State University, USABARRY M. FRANKLIN Professor and Head of the Department of Secondary Education, Utah State University, USASHARON GEWIRTZ Professor of Education, King's College London, UKDAVID HALPIN Professor of Education and Head of the School of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment, Institute of Education, University of London, UKI-FANG LEE Doctoral Student in curriculum and instruction, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USAHENRY M. LEVIN William H. Kilpatrick Professor of Economics and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, USAGARY MCCULLOCH Brian Simon Professor of the History of Education, Institute of Education, University of London, UKRUTH L. PEACH Doctoral Student in Curriculum and Instruction, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USATHOMAS S. POPKEWITZ Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USASALLY POWER Professor of Education and Head of the School of Educational Foundation and Policy Studies, Institute of Education, University of London, UKGEOFF WHITTY Director of the Institute of Education, University of London, USA