◎ contents 1. ready,A.I.M.,reform : building a model of education reform and 'high politics' / J.W.Guthrie 2. The education-reform movement in England and wales / H.Thomas 3. Examining contemporary education-reform efoorts in the United States / J.E.Koppich 4. The reconstruction of New Zealand education : a case of 'High politics' reform? / R.J.S.Macpherson 5. A decade of education reform in Canada : encounters with the Octopus,the elephant,and the five dragons / S.B.Lawton 6. developments in education policy in Australia : a perspective on the 1980s / L.Warren Louden 7. education reform in Japan since 1984 / T.Sasamori 8. paradox and uncertainty in the governance of education / B.J.Caldwell 9. on centralization,decentralization and school restructuring : a sociological perspective / R.O.Slater 10. public schools in decline : implications of the privatization of schools in Australia / D.S.Anderson 11. different ways of viewing school-site councils : whose paradigm is in use here? / H.Beare 12. A framework for allicating authority in a system of schools / A.D.Swanson