Advocating a Post-structuralist Politics for Educational Leadership

Educational Philosophy and Theory

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 372-386

  Niesche, Richard ^a   Gowlett, Christina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Butler; Foucault; performativity; Post structuralism; power; subjectification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924434990     PISSN: 00131857     EISSN: 14695812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131857.2014.976930     Document Type: Article

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