Education, Social Justice and Inter-Agency Working: Joined Up or Fractured Policy (Routledge Research in Education Series, 4)

This book explores policy and practice in a range of areas where education and other agencies (health, social and employment services and housing) interact. Its theme, of joined up policy and inter-agency working, is central to all those interested in promoting social justice for adults and children experiencing the effects of exclusion. This Book Explores Policy And Practice In A Range Of Areas Where Education And Other Agencies Interact. Its Theme Is Central To Those Interested In Promoting Social Justice For Adults And Children Experiencing The Effects Of Exclusion. 1. Education, Social Justice And Inter-agency Working: Joined-up Or Fractured Policy? / Sheila Riddell And Lyn Tett -- 2. 'joined-up Thinking'? Inter-agency Partnerships In Education Action Zones / Sally Power -- 3. Education Action Zones And Zones D'education Prioritaires / Richard Hatcher And Dominique Leblond -- 4. Coordinated School-linked Services: The Us Experience / William Lowe Boyd And Robert L. Crowson -- 5. Full-service Schooling: From 'at-risk' Student To Full-status Citizen In Australia? / Robert Semmens -- 6. New Scotland, New Labour, New Community Schools: New Authoritarianism? / Stephen Baron -- 7. Schools, Community Education And Collaborative Practice In Scotland / Lyn Tett, Pamela Munn And Helen Kay / [et Al.] -- 8. The Nature Of Special Educational Needs Partnerships / Enid Mordaunt -- 9. Supporting Pupils With Special Health Needs In Mainstream Schools / Jane Lightfoot, Suzanne Mukherjee And Patricia Sloper -- 10. Housing And Schooling: A Case Study In Joined-up Problems / Jill Clark, Alan Dyson And Alan Millward -- 11. 'some Woman Came Round': Inter-agency Work In Preventing School Exclusion / Gwynedd Lloyd, Andrew Kendrick And Joan Stead -- 12. Social Inclusion Or Exclusion? Recent Policy Trends In Scottish Children's Services For Disabled Children / E. Kay M. Tisdall -- 13. Inter-agency Strategies In Early Childhood Education To Counter Social Exclusion: Findings From Six European Countries / Emer Smyth -- 14. Involving Parents In Their Children's Education In Japan And Scotland: Contrasts In Policy And Practice / Hiroyuki Kasama And Lyn Tett -- 15. Exploring The Tailored Approaches Of The New Deal For 18-24 Year Olds / Jane Salisbury -- 16. Disabled People, Training And Employment: Joined-up Policy And Its Tensions / Sheila Riddell And Alastair Wilson. Edited By Sheila Riddell And Lyn Tett. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This study explores policy and practice in a range of areas where education and other agencies interact. Its theme should be central to those interested in promoting social justice for adults and children experiencing the effects of exclusion The theme of inter-agency working and partnership, sometimes referred to by the shorthand term 'joined-up government', is at the centre of New Labour's vision of the modernised welfare state.