Staff, parents, and politics in Head Start : a case study in unequal power, knowledge, and material sources
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Staff, parents, and politics in Head Start : a case study in unequal power, knowledge, and material sources
（Garland reference library of social science, v. 1188）（Studies in education/politics, vol. 4）
Falmer Press, 1999
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This book takes the reader inside the workings of Head Start, drawing attention to the inequalities in power, knowledge, and material resources that exist in the United States. It traces the dialectical relationship between the thoughts and actions of staff members and parents.
Table of Contents
Series Editor's Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Public and Private Worlds of Head Start -- Chapter 1 In the War Zone: Head Start's Facilities and Funding -- Chapter 2 Head Start's Philosophy and Framework: -- An Overview of Ideology, Politics, and Promises -- Chapter 3 A House Divided: The Micropolitics of Head Start Staff -- Chapter 4 Some Parents Are Better Than Others: The Politics of Class, Race, and Gender in Head Start -- Chapter 5 Mixed Messages: Information as Political Resource in Parent Programming -- Chapter 6 Defining "Appropriate Behavior": Power -- and Control Issues in Parent and Staff Relations -- Chapter 7 Coming Together and Coming Apart: -- Accommodation, Resistance, and the Reproduction of Power -- Chapter 8 Metaphors of Separation and Community: Implications of Micropolitics in Programs -- Bibliography -- Author Index -- Subject Index.
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