Professionals and Policy

By means of case studies in schools and hospitals, this outstanding text describes and evaluates the current issues faced by both education and health professionals.

Mike Bottery is Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Hull, UK. He has published eight books on issues of educational leadership, values and sustainability, including The Challenges of Educational Leadership(2004) and Educational Leadership for a More Sustainable World (2016).

Introduction; Chapter 1 The Limiting of Vision; Chapter 2 Local Education Authority and Voluntary Aided Schools - Change and Resistance; Chapter 3 Trust Hospitals - Cultures Apart?; Chapter 4 Grant-maintained Schools - a Brave New World of Education?; Chapter 5 Private Hospitals - Blurring the Edges?; Chapter 6 Independent Schools - Businesses, Idylls or Ideals?; Chapter 7 The Death of the Welfare State; Chapter 8 Beginning a Professional Response; Chapter 9 Redefining the Role of the Professional;