Inclusion, Participation and Democracy: What is the Purpose?

Notes on Contributors. Series Editors' Foreword. 1. Introduction; J. Allan. Part One: Beyond Schooling. 2. Including ourselves: Teaching, trust, identity and community; K. Ballard. 3. They believe that they participate ... but: Democracy and inclusion in Norwegian schools; M. Strømstad. 4. Participation and democracy: What's inclusion got to do with it? C. Cummings, et al. 5. Why does education for all have to be inclusive education? K. Nes. Part Two: Challenging Understanding. 6. The social construction of adulthood with a difference in Iceland; D. Bjarnason. 7. Inclusion and problem groups: The story of ADHD; G. Lloyd. 8. Working past pity: What we make of disability in schools; L. Ware. 9. An outsider's perspective on the reality of educational inclusion within former Yugoslavia; A. Closs. Part Three: Pressing for Change. 10. Understanding the changing role of English local education authorities in promoting inclusion; M. Ainscow, D. Tweddle. 11. Daring to think otherwise? Educational policymaking in the new Scottish parliament; J. Allan. 12. Race and the discourse on inclusion; F.A. Diniz. 13. Teacher education, government and inclusive schooling: The politics of the Faustian waltz; R. Slee. 14. Concluding remarks; J. Allan. Index.