... the intersection of socio-political underpinnings to garner a deeper understanding of policy making and its implications for students, teachers, administrators, families, community partners, and school divisions throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia. Rooted in critical race theory (CRT) and an anti-racist...

... to governing capacity, the study of expertise in public administration has been limited and fragmented. Efforts to understand it adopt narrow definitions of expertise as professional or scientific knowledge and are driven by concerns over workers’ politization, interference with political authority...

...Abstract This work aims to present, from the Thomist synthesis, an attempted response to the current crisis marked, among other aspects, by the separation between truth and politics. More precisely, we will approach the problem from the application to the political field of the notion...

... of this study was to determine how the TWNVT was referenced and framed across media platforms. This study utilized identity theory to interpret the stories of Turkish women volleyball players and provided new ways to understand how they navigate social, political, and religious boundaries. The study results...

... to begin again. Decolonizing as an ever-beginning brings four intertwined aspects: (1) the land, (2) the body, (3) the ethics, and (4) the politics. Together, these continue to transform us profoundly and might offer some hope for new beginnings toward decolonizing the colonial legacy of our fields...

.... This is particularly true when politics is the point of discussion, especially in a time of election. Robert Nisbet (1953) argues that the modern welfare state's expansion into everyday life sapped the vitality of traditional religious, ethnic, fraternal, and familial organizations. Using Bourdieu and Coleman's...

...Abstract This chapter examines how political and cultural factors in Haiti and the Dominican Republic shape perceptions of Haitian ancestry in the Dominican Republic, using baseball as a lens. The two countries, sharing the island of Hispaniola, have distinct histories stemming from their French...

...: Germany, France, Italy and the United Kingdom, as members and founders of the European Higher Education Area. Data collection and analysis methods are also detailed here. Europe the European project politics Europeanisation European Higher Education Area higher education UK Germany France Italy...

... of key official communications. The findings demonstrate that German Bologna stakeholders view Germany's EHEA membership largely as a tool for generating and maintaining political stability in the European region, and Germany takes an active leading role in this process. Germany Bologna Process...

...Abstract This chapter presents an analysis of the politics of French stakeholders' choice to be in and develop the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and the significance of this for the European project, which has been emerging as a phenomenon wider than the EU itself. Similarly...

...Abstract This chapter analyses the politics of Italian Bologna stakeholders' membership in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and the significance of this for the European region in the early 2020s. Drawing on neo-institutionalism and relying on seven in-depth interviews with key Italian...

... different views on the role of their memberships in the EHEA and the EHEA in Europe. United Kingdom Bologna Process European Higher Education Area EHEA Europeanisation internationalisation Scotland EWNI politics Europe Introduction This chapter focuses on the United Kingdom (UK) which...

... sociology social theory sociological theory critical theory classical theory politics Agency as a Concept “Agency,” like many other social-theoretical and sociological concepts, is a notoriously amorphous and contested word that refers to an equally ambiguous and disputed phenomenon or genus...

...Abstract The leadership of schools in England is increasingly complex due, in part, to the role of the politics of education in setting the agenda for schools. This agenda is becoming increasingly problematised due to the absence of clear policy accompanied by various interpretations...

... the normative hegemony of how work is valued within society. However, public recognition through political discourse is a necessary but insufficient element in producing social change. Based on the theory of performativity, this chapter empirically probes conditions and mechanisms that enable a transition from...

...(In)security politics governance ethnicity bigotry Matamanda and Mphambukeli (2022) state that the overall crime rate in Zimbabwe increased between 10% and 15% across most sectors in 2016 with Harare (the country’s capital) also becoming an environment where robbers and criminals thrive...

..., analyzing the transnational politics of corporate–NGO partnerships for girls' education. I argue that Apple Inc.’s sponsorship of the Malala Fund and Caterpillar Inc.’s partnership with Girl Up amount to transnational forms of genderwashing, aimed primarily at alleviating the concerns of publics...

...Participation through deliberation/dialogue. Participation, through deliberation or dialogue, as a concept of justice, supports the idea of working together to address the social, political, cultural, and religious barriers to everyone’s development ( Ayallo, 2012 ). Sen (2011) explains...

... the papers. These encompass temporality, improvisation, process and multiplicity, power and political dynamics, and scale. The authors elucidate the significance of each theme in the context of routine dynamics, highlight the advancements made by the respective papers in this volume, and underscore questions...

...Abstract Previous research on routine dynamics has most commonly incorporated consideration of power, politics, and conflict by using the notion of “truce.” In this paper, the authors propose a novel approach to integrating theories of power and politics with those of routine dynamics...