Mehan1987

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Mehan1987
BibType ARTICLE
Key Mehan1987
Author(s) Hugh Mehan
Title Language and power in organizational process
Editor(s)
Tag(s) EMCA, education, students classification
Publisher
Year 1987
Language
City
Month
Journal Discourse Processes
Volume 10
Number 4
Pages 291–301
URL Link
DOI 10.1080/01638538709544679
ISBN
Organization
Institution
School
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Edition
Series
Howpublished
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Abstract

Recognizing that “the core of the problem is to link (inter)action and structure without reducing one to the other“ (DiTomasi, 1982, p. 15), the language of groups of educators as they make decisions about how to classify students is examined. Circumstances which originate outside the institution (governmental policies, fiscal and legal considerations) interact with local circumstances (the practical project of processing cases, getting done with the work at hand, arranging teaching schedules) to influence the work of formal organizations. Plotting the reflexive relationships between structure and interaction presents a faithful rendition of the organization of social life in bureaucracies.

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