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Title: The assumptive worlds of language
Review: This book speaks to educational administrators and students of policy studies in very special ways. Through a series of interview questions, questionnaires and conversations, Townsend discusses the worlds and words of elected school board trustees in a metropolitan setting in Canada. He looks at cognitive stances, political frameworks and policy thinking in this short, intense "reality check" regarding the thankless job of creating and implementing pulic education policy. In a country where provincial/federal arrangements concerning public schooling can only be interpreted as "loose-tight" and where sovreignty issues continue to plague attempts to create an adequate buy-in model for establishing a national educational agenda, Townsend manages to create interest and craft recommendations for alternatives that just might fly. If you are "into" educational policy analysis and regard policy making as a craft and an art form, this book ought to be on your shelf.
