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This book locates teacher unions at the crux of teachers’ efforts to navigate the enduring tensions between their own low status in the educational system and the necessary autonomy and working conditions to teach effectively and well. These tensions link papers that are otherwise varied in their conceptual and empirical underpinnings. The chapters, which are essentially a series of case studies, reveal the complex, dynamic nature of teacher unions engaging in a wide variety of activities and pursuing multiple strategies.
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Bascia, N. (2015). Perspectives on Teacher Unions: History, Discourse, and Renewal. In: Bascia, N. (eds) Teacher Unions in Public Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137426567_1
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