Teachers' Unions and Education Reform in Comparative Contexts
Lindsay M. Whorton
R Routledge Taylor & Francis Croup NEW YORK AND LONDON
Contents
List of Tables and Figures vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
PARTI
Research Design
1 Teachers' Unions and Education Reform: A Review
of the Literature 13
2 Beyond Narrow Assumptions of Interest and Power:
A Conceptual Framework 47
3 Research Design, Case Selection, and Methodology 60
PART II
International Cases
4 Finland: History and Context 85
5 Quiet Compromises: Finland's New Salary System 103 6 The Canton of Zürich: History and Context 134 7 Eventually Overcoming Resistance: The MAB System 151 8 Finland and Zürich: Multiple Pathways to Reform 180
vi Contents PART III
School District Cases
9 Teachers' Unions in the United States: A Sub-National Test 203 10 School District Analysis: A Serie* of Congruence Tests 224
PART IV Conclusion
11 Useful Conflict?: Finding the Path to Progress 251
Glossary 267
Appendices 269
Index 287