Index

Einav Argaman (The Levinsky-Wingate Academic Center, Israel)

A Sociological Perspective on Hierarchies in Educational Institutions

ISBN: 978-1-80382-230-3, eISBN: 978-1-80382-229-7

Publication date: 24 October 2022

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Argaman, E. (2022), "Index", A Sociological Perspective on Hierarchies in Educational Institutions, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 159-165. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80382-229-720221009

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INDEX

Note: Page numbers followed by “n” indicate notes.

Academic disciplines
, 5, 55, 60, 110, 130–131

Academic groups
, 1n1

Acculturation
, 96, 106, 115

Actor-network diagram
, 7, 109, 124

Agency
, 24

in institutional theory
, 62

neoinstitutionalism
, 62

American industrialism
, 60

Architectural displays of vertical hierarchy
, 71–75

Architecture
, 2, 6, 12, 35, 69–71, 73, 75, 103, 119, 121–122

classroom
, 122

democratic
, 80

of educational institutions
, 78–86

of learning environments
, 83

open plan
, 76, 80, 101

social constructionism
, 69

technical approach
, 69

Areopagite, The (Dionysius)
, 1, 71

Aristocracy
, 10, 10n3

feudal
, 19

Aristocratic body
, 10

Autonomy
, 26, 38, 46n38, 107, 113, 126

child’s
, 123

possession and prevention
, 91

Balkanization
, 41

Batavian school system
, 103

Benthamian panopticon
, 73, 76

Betrieb (Weber)
, 31, 31n23

Bologna Process
, 62, 129

Bolognese university
, 5, 51, 129

Bourgeoisie
, 19, 72

Buddy benches
, 82

Bureaucracy
, 4, 24, 26

centralized
, 4, 34, 36, 38, 40

state
, 101

Weberian
, 27

Bureaucratic performance
, 126

Bureaucratic theory
, 58

Capital (Marx)
, 19

Caste
, 4, 21–22, 23n14

Celestial Hierarchy, The (Dionysius)
, 9

Center
, 7, 27, 33, 38, 73, 80, 108, 130

hegemonic
, 92

privileged
, 96

provincial
, 102

stable
, 108

unstable
, 108

Center-periphery relations
, 6, 104–111

Centrality
, 3, 104–105

Chairs
, 6, 51, 81–82, 85

identical
, 83

school/classroom
, 6, 81–82, 83, 121

Challenging Hierarchy (Child)
, 119

Chorus of Singers/The Oratorio (Hogarth)
, 71

Class
, 18, 18n8, 20n11, 21, (see also Social class)

acquisition
, 20–21

formation
, 20

movement
, 25

property
, 20–21

ruling
, 19

Classrooms
, 6, 39, 42–43, 58–59, 79–82, 89–90

aisles
, 82

alternative classroom architecture
, 86–90

design
, 80

interactions
, 64

management
, 48, 60

pedagogy
, 52 (see also Pedagogy)

Cognitive processes
, 15

Colonialism
, 105

Communist Manifesto (Marx and Engels)
, 19

Compulsory education
, 39

Comtean hierarchy
, 47n41

Conceived space
, 70

Conductors
, 9

Connectedness
, 14, 117

Conservatives/traditional (Masorti) Jews
, 111n85

Constructivist institutionalism
, 5, 63

Content units
, 14

Core subjects
, 47–48, 120

Correction
, 68, 74

Corridors
, 6, 79, 79n70, 83, 87

Country of the Blind, The (Wells)
, 94

Cross-cultural management
, 7, 72, 127–128

Culture as Disability (McDermott and Varenne)
, 7, 94

Curriculum
, 5, 39, 45, 49, 60, 62, 121

accepted knowledge
, 47n40

basic knowledge
, 47n40

common
, 47n42

core
, 5, 47n42, 47–49, 115–117, 123

core knowledge
, 47n40

knowledge
, 123

skills
, 123

unexamined curriculum
, 48

values
, 123

Deep structure
, 15

Democratic design
, 76

Democratic organization
, 26

Desks
, 6, 81, 88, 101

executives/managers
, 76

position
, 100

Deterritorialization
, 7, 97

Dionysius
, 1, 4, 9–11, 25, 71, 119

Disciplinary cultures
, 3, 6, 55

Disciplines
, 1–2, 11, 17, 37n30, 43, 46, 48–49, 61, 92, 123

academic
, 5, 55, 60, 110, 130–131

core
, 47

elective
, 47–48, 48n44, 123

interdisciplinarity
, 61

non-disciplinarity
, 61

sub-disciplines
, 61

subjects/disciplines
, 45–46, 51–52, 55

synthesis
, 122

Discourse
, 13, 63n60, 103–104, 121

Discursive institutionalism
, 5, 63, 63n60

Discursive territoriality
, 103–104

Dominance
, 7, 19, 24, 38, 61, 64, 87, 121

institutional
, 38

matrix of domination
, 74

of peers in tutoring sessions
, 64

Education
, 20, 20n10, 42, 45

character of
, 46

compulsory
, 39

higher
, 5, 20, 40, 45, 51, 60, 82, 110, 129

k-12
, 5, 39, 45, 49, 58, 130

moral
, 48–49, 53, 117

physical
, 61, 86

Educational institutions
, 2–7, 39–43, 45, 51, 91, 128, 130–131, (see also Institutions)

architecture of
, 78–86

Educational organizations
, 42, 91

Educational progressivism
, 81, 81n74

Educational school system
, 101

Egalitarian classroom architectural design
, 88

Egalitarianism
, 28, 64–65, 75–76, 78, 84, 89, 126, 128

Eggcrate metaphor
, 5, 41, 41n35, 58

Elementary school
, 3, 5, 33, 45, 58, 59n55, 61, 82, 101–102

Equality
, 26n19, 57, 64, 75–77, 83, 98, 101, 120, 126

Ethnoclassification
, 17, 17n7

Everyday, (the)
, 30–31

Expert knowledge
, 50

Factory
, 59

assembly line
, 100, 102, 120n88

inspectors
, 20–21

school as factory
, 59

Flatness
, 16, 27, 27n21

Folksonomies
, 4, 13–18, 17n6

Footing
, 4, 11–13

interactive
, 13

Frames
, 4, 13, 61

natural
, 13

social
, 13

Furniture
, 6, 69, 74, 76–77, 77n66, 80, 82–83, 86, 122

Globalization
, 27, 62

Group, (social)
, 84, 99

Guild
, 19, 22

Hierarchal maps
, 126–127

Hierarchical periphery
, 108

Hierarchical relationships
, 7, 119, 121–122, 125–126

Hierarchy
, 1–2, 22, 119–120

celestial
, 4, 9–10, 22–23, 71, 119

centrality and constancy
, 3

ecclesiastical
, 4, 10, 22, 25, 71, 119

etymology and early versus current considerations
, 9–11

formal
, 24–27, 51, 53

horizontal
, 3, 5–7, 10, 15, 18, 28, 53, 56–68, 71, 75–79, 82–84, 88–89, 98–99, 101, 107, 111, 120–121, 125–126, 128, 130–131

informal
, 4, 7, 24–26, 26n19, 121

in institutions
, 2–3, 7, 11, 68, 71–72, 105, 121–122

inter-hierarchy
, 56

intra-hierarchy
, 56

lean hierarchy/flat/shallow
, 4, 7, 27–28, 76, 107, 116, 128, 130

mega-hierarchy
, 4, 7, 28, 130

micro-hierarchy
, 4, 7, 28, 130

in role conflict
, 67–68

social
, 11, 18

steep
, 28, 55

temporal
, 27n21

types
, 22–28

vertical
, 3–7, 9–10, 15, 17–18, 28, 45–62, 64, 67–68, 71–76, 78–85, 89–90, 93–94, 97–99, 106, 108–109, 114–115, 120–122, 125, 128–131

High school
, 5, 40n34, 43, 45

Higher education
, 5, 20, 40, 45, 51, 60, 82, 110, 129

Home teachers
, 53

Horizontal comradeship
, 99

Horizontality
, 5–6, 58–59, 61–62, 65–68, 129–130

aspect
, 60

in institutional architectural designs
, 75–78

Hospitals
, 2, 5, 29, 36, 40–41, 72–73, 79, 130–131

Hot-desking
, 76

IBM
, 43

iFloor
, 88–89

Imagined community
, 99

Immigrants
, 105–106

Immigration
, 105–106

Independency
, 128–129

Initiation-Response-Feedback (IRF sequence)
, 32, 43, 64, 104, 121, 130–131

Inspection
, 42, 73–74

Institutional architectural designs, horizontality in
, 75–78

Institutional interaction
, 32

Institutional studies
, 2, 105, 120

Institutional theory
, 11, 42, 62, 78

Institutions
, 11, 25n17, 26, 29–44, 91

constructivist institutionalism
, 63–64

cross-cultural management
, 72, 127

department
, 6, 25, 35, 36, 57, 74, 75, 86, 100

discursive institutionalism
, 63–64

dual control structure
, 41

educational institutions
, 2, 39–43, 45, 51, 91, 128, 130–131

and everyday life
, 30–31

holding company
, 129

institution as culture
, 37

institution as political system
, 4, 37–38

institution-culture relationship
, 37

institutional actors/player
, 38, 38n31, 63, 105, 109, 124, 125, 126, 129

institutional arrangement
, 29

institutional compromises
, 117

institutional elite
, 38

institutional environment
, 29, 38

institutional transplantation
, 36

instrumental institutional compromises
, 117

interinstitutional relationships
, 36

intra-institutional relationships
, 35–36

linguistic turn
, 4, 33, 33n25, 34, 63–64

manufacturing institutions
, 19, 35, 39

new institutionalism
, 120

organismic institution
, 4, 35–36

rhetorical institutionalism
, 5, 63–64

sentimental institutional compromises
, 117

service institution
, 4, 39, 42, 91

sorting perspectives and types of
, 31–39

stakeholders
, 106, 124

subsidiary unit
, 129

symbolic institutional compromises
, 117

Instructors
, 9

Integration
, 106, 115

Interdependency
, 128–129

Interdisciplinarity
, 61, 122–123

Internationalization
, 62, 129

Involvement
, 52n51, 52–53

Israeli education system
, 49

Kaleidoscopic configurations
, 27, 27n21, 34

Knowledge desired
, 62

Knowledge gained
, 62

Knowledge sought
, 62

Language
, 13, 33, 47, 63, 103, 109–110

Learner (the)
, 49, 61

Lecture theaters
, 79n71

Life Between Buildings (Gehl)
, 83–84, 85n77, 101

Linguistic tree
, 13–18

Lived/social space
, 70–71

Loose coupling
, 35–36, 41–42, 58, 108–109, 117, 128

extreme loose coupling
, 117

Manager
, 3, 5, 33, 54–55, 57, 74, 101, 128

Maps
, 34, 34n27, 126

of controversy
, 109, 124

of hierarchy
, 124–126

Marginality
, 38n32, 106

Marginalization
, 38n32, 106, 112

Market
, 27–28, 36, 38n31, 42, 51

McDonaldization
, 35, 75

Mediated conflict neoinstitutionalism
, 62–63

Metaverse
, 128

Middle management
, 3, 5, 53n55, 54

academic middle managers
, 54–55

pastoral middle managers
, 54–55

Middle managers
, 49, 53–55, 93, 121

Middle school/junior high school
, 5, 40n34, 45, 102

Neoinstitutionalism
, 5, 62–63, 121

Network organization
, 26

No Child Left Behind Act
, 47, 123

Non-dominance of peers in tutoring sessions
, 64

Non-verbal/embodied behavior
, 64–65

Occident
, 93

Organizations
, 1, 26n20, 29, 35, 36n29, 108, 127

compulsory
, 38–39

educational
, 42

process organization studies
, 33–34, 63–64

of power
, 18

spaghetti
, 57–58, 68, 127

virtual
, 127

voluntary association
, 38–39

Orient
, 93, 95, 103

Orientalism (Said)
, 6, 93

Other
, 6–7, 92–96, 103, 111, 116–117

external other
, 95, 103, 109–110

familiar other
, 95

internal other
, 95, 100, 110

novice other
, 95

Othering
, 92–96

self-othering
, 7, 96

Otherness
, 7, 92–96

Panopticism
, 75

Panopticon
, 72–73, 76

Panopticon Writings, The (Bentham)
, 72

Pedagogy
, 6

apprenticeship learning
, 92n80

banking method, the
, 59

community-based
, 91, 92n80

cooperative education
, 92n80

dialogic
, 5, 59–60, 87, 89n79

of inquiry
, 61

outdoor education
, 92n80

peer-tutoring
, 64–65

place-based learning
, 92n80

progressivism
, 45, 48, 81, 81n74

scaffolding
, 63

student-centered
, 81n74

teacher-centered
, 60

whole-class lesson
, 65

Peripherality
, 106, 108, 112–114, 128

Peripheralization
, 108

Periphery
, 37, 38n32, 104–107, 113

double periphery
, 108, 113

economic periphery
, 107, 107n84

geographic periphery
, 104–105, 107n84

inner peripheries
, 107

semi-periphery
, 107

social periphery
, 107n84

strong semi-periphery
, 107

in the academia
, 109

weak semi-periphery
, 107

Physical environment
, 73–74, 96, 100

Plazas
, 69, 84

Pluri-disciplinary inquiry
, 2

Political system
, 4, 37–38

Position
, 7, 12, 12n4, 20, 54

Positioning
, 4, 6, 11–13, 12n4, 20, 104, 110

Postmodernity
, 33, 57, 59, 120

Postmodernist approach
, 33

Postobjectivist approach
, 33

Poststructuralist approach
, 33

Power
, 7, 10–11, 17–18, 53, 72, 96–97, 111–112, 130

Prestige
, 72n63, 86

Prisons
, 2, 5, 36, 40, 42, 72–73, 130

Process organization studies
, 5, 32, 33, 63, 63n59, 64

Productive operation
, 35

Products and Projects Committee (PPC)
, 58

Property class
, 19–21

Psychology
, 2, 21, 92

Public/compulsory school
, 5, 39–40

Rational action neoinstitutionalism
, 62

Real knowledge
, 48

Recreational areas in educational institutions
, 83, 85

Regularities
, 30, 59

Religion
, 2, 18, 23, 119–120

Reterritorialization
, 7, 97

Rhetorical institutionalism
, 5, 33n25, 63

Rhizomes
, 4, 13–18

Role
, 5, 12–13, 25, 50, 55

formal
, 37, 49, 124

informal
, 37, 124

multiple roles
, 68, 28

role conflict
, 6, 67–68

role-set
, 67

Round table
, 77–78, 83, 87

Rows-and-columns arrangement
, 6, 76, 79, 84n76

Schools
, 6, 39–43, 42n36, 58–59, 73

administrators
, 40, 91, 124

assistant principal
, 49, 49n45, 55, 58, 93

attendance
, 39

basic knowledge
, 47n40

benches
, 81, 82, 121

buildings
, 73, 78, 79, 101, 122

charter schools
, 40n34

church operated schools
, 40n34

cyber schools
, 40n34

discourse
, 104

elementary schools
, 3, 5, 33, 45, 58, 59n55, 61, 82, 101–102

high schools
, 5, 40n34, 43, 45

home schooling
, 40n34

isolation
, 41

junior high schools/middle schools
, 5, 40, 40n34, 45, 102

k-12
, 5, 39, 45, 49, 58, 130

open schools
, 40n34

parents
, 5, 40, 52–53, 91, 93, 121, 124

principal
, 3, 5, 49, 49n45, 52, 55, 58, 125

private/privilege schools
, 5, 39–40, 52

public/compulsory schools
, 5, 39, 40n34, 42, 43n37, 47, 52, 102

student
, 40, 46, 51, 60, 67–68, 81–82, 88–89

subjects
, 16, 45–48, 51, 55, 58, 60–61, 86, 111, 116, 120, 122–123, 131

supervisor
, 52, 76

teacher
, 3, 40–42, 45, 48–50, 53–55, 59–60, 80–83, 85–90, 93, 121, 125–126, 130

tracks/tracking system
, 40, 46, 52, 89

vocational schools
, 5, 40

Science
, 23n16

Secular
, 4, 23, 23n16, 25, 112

Secularism
, 4n2, 23

Senior lecturer
, 51

Separatist approach
, 61n58

Skills
, 5, 32, 47–49, 61–62, 91, 123

Sleeping Congregation, The (Hogarth)
, 71

Social class
, 4, 18–22, 40, 91, 124

acquisition class
, 20–21

class movement
, 25

lower class
, 19n9, 21

middle-class
, 19–20, 19n9, 21

property class
, 19–21

upper class
, 19n9, 20, 21, 72

Social constructionist neoinstitutionalism
, 62

Social equalizer
, 99, 102

Social frames
, 13

Social groups
, 84, 99

Social mobility
, 20, 71–72

Socialization process
, 49, 91, 100, 121–122

Sociology
, 2, 12, 92, 116, 119, 123–124

Space
, 6, 66, 69–71

allocation
, 79

conceived
, 70

empty/white
, 70, 73, 81

lived/social
, 70

perceived/abstract/physical
, 70–71

private
, 73, 76, 82, 84, 100

relational
, 83

transit spaces
, 82

Spotlight effect
, 110–111, 130

Staffrooms
, 6, 85–87

State
, 7, 24, 43n37, 47, 97, 101, 105, 106, 107, 121

host state
, 106

Status
, 5, 10n3, 11, 13, 20, 20n11, 21, 39, 53, 58, 67, 71, 74, 76, 86, 94, 97, 100, 108–109, 111–112, 123, 127, 129

Status attainment
, 20

Structural linguistic units
, 14, 16

Structuralism
, 58, 106

Student lecturer
, 68

Students
, 40, 46, 51, 60, 67–68, 81–82, 88–89

Subject combinations
, 61

Subject coordinator
, 55

Suburbs
, 107

Surface structure
, 15

Teachers
, 3, 40–42, 45, 48–50, 53–55, 59–60, 80–83, 85–90, 93, 121, 125–126, 130

Teaching values
, 48

Terminal linguistic nodes
, 15–16

Territorial institutions
, 108

Territoriality
, 7, 92, 96–104

deterritorialization
, 7, 97

reterritorialization
, 7, 97

Territory
, 6–7, 17, 90, 95–97, 103–104, 109, 115

ambiguous territories
, 100

discursive
, 103–104

geographical
, 97, 104

linguistic
, 115

political
, 97

psychological
, 100

territorial behavior/conducts
, 100, 103

territorial markers
, 100

Theology
, 11–12, 122

Time
, 5–6, 10, 25, 42, 73, 112, 126

Trees (linguistics)
, 13–18

Tribes
, 1n1, 60–61

Ultra-Orthodox community
, 95n82, 111–116

Unexamined curriculum
, 48

University and college
, 6, 40, 43n37, 45–46, 46n43, 48, 51–52, 58, 62, 71, 78, 79n71, 82, 86, 92–93, 104, 110, 124, 128–129, 131n90

Bolognese university, (the)
, 5, 51, 129

doctor
, 32, 51n49

Humboldtian university, (the)
, 110

lecturer
, 51, 66–68, 87, 129

Parisian university, (the)
, 51n48

professor
, 51, 51n49, 110, 129

rector
, 51, 51n50

third generation-market-driven university, (the)
, 51, 51n48

Urbanity/urbanization/urbanism/city
, 6, 27, 71, 105, 107, 112, 120

Verband (Weber)
, 31, 31n23

Vertical hierarchy
, 3, 5–6, 10, 18, 28, 45, 49–51, 53–55, 57–61, 68, 128–130

architectural displays of
, 71–75

reversed
, 23, 51, 55, 73, 94, 97, 98, 99, 108

Verticality
, 5–6, 18, 46–47, 60, 71, 73, 98, 107, 120n88, 125

Virtual institutions
, 7, 72, 127–128

Work
, 22, 30, 30n22, 31, 114