Power and Gender in the "New View" Public Schools |
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| Authors: | C Cryss Brunner Paul Schumaker |
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| Institution: | C. Cryss Brunner is assistant professor of educational administration at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Related work on women in superintendent roles has appeared in Journal of School Leadership (March, 1997). The Journal of Educational Administration (forthcoming), and The Journal for a Just and Caring Education (forthcoming). Her edited book, Sacred Dreams: Women and the Superintendency, is also forthcoming. She is the recipient of the National Academy of Education Spencer Fellowship for 1996–97.;Paul Schumaker is professor of political science at the University of Kansas. His previous work on women in local politics has appeared in such places as American Journal of Political Science (November, 1988) and the Southeastern Political Review (forthcoming). |
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| Abstract: | "Power over" (involving social control and domination) is contrasted with "power to" (involving social production and collaboration). Three hypotheses drawn from feminist, democratic. and regime theories are developed and supported by ethnographic research: (a) women are more likely than men to understand power as social production, (b) social fragmentation and stronger forms of democracy in cities are encouraging the use of collaborative power, and (c) the application of collaborative power helps communities achieve policy goals. |
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