@article{1358623,
      recid = {1358623},
      author = {Baxter, Jacqueline.,},
      title = {School Inspectors : Policy Implementers, Policy Shapers in  National Policy Contexts /},
      pages = {1 online resource (XVIII, 275 pages 14 illustrations)},
      abstract = {This book examines the role of the inspector within the  context of a number of OECD member states and explores the  ways in which the inspectors themselves interpret,  implement and influence inspection practices and policy.  Inspection policy can have various unintended consequences,  some of which produce radical discrepancies between the  policy intent and its implementation. A number of these  discrepancies derive from the way in which the policy is  articulated while others derive from the ways in which  inspectors interpret and operationalise this policy. This  implementation is coloured and conditioned by several  factors, including the evidence on which inspectors base  their judgements; what counts as evidence in different  policy contexts; what counts as valid knowledge in  inspection processes; the qualities needed by inspectors  working in differing policy contexts and the identities  that they adopt in order to successfully carry out their  work. The book provides a valuable contribution to our  understanding of the politics and practices which colour  and shape the legitimacy and operational execution of  inspection policy. The work is unique in its focus on the  inspectors' role within the implementation of the  inspection process-- an element often overlooked in the  literature. It also includes two chapters co-written by  inspectors, offering unique insights into their life worlds  and identities.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1358623},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52536-5.},
}