Paradox at work - a political struggle for the soul of the principal /
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2018
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Dolan, Christopher,
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My dissertation seeks to contribute to the field of critical leadership studies by invoking paradox as an intervention in the constitutive politics of school principals. I propose that, in neoliberal times, the subjectivity of principals is better apprehended and understood in its paradoxy than in the simplified and essentialist accounts of school leadership that currently proliferate. In responding to the question, how are principals and their work constituted in neoliberal times? I am concerned with the ‘soul’ of the principal, conceived, after Foucault (1977a), as a product of various forms of power exercised around, on and within the principal subject.
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University of South Australia. School of Education.
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School of Education
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Thesis (PhD(Education))--University of South Australia, 2018.
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Copyright 2018 Christopher Dolan.
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1 ethesis (xi, 274 pages) :
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-263)
illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-263)
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