Richard Caffyn

Micropolitics of International Schools: Power, Conflict and Fragmentation Richard Caffyn

This book examines the conditions that lead tomicropolitics in international schools, investigatingthe effects and manifestations of power, andanalysing the factors that create conflict. It looksat the micropolitical interactions in twointernational schools, focusing on their history, management, location and socio-cultural environment. Both schools are unique and affected by a series ofdiverse variables related to location, history, organisational structure and the people associatedwith each school. The book identifies five factorsthat give rise to micropolitics. These are theisolation of each school, its specific location, itshistory, the way it fragments and who has control. International schools can fragment due to thediversity of stakeholders, the different levels ofpower and influence within the school, and thedevelopment of cliques, subcultures and departments. This book will be an essential reference, not onlyfor school leadership, management teams and researchstudents, but also for those working in internationalschools.