Böcker av Ronald G. Corwin

Namboodiri and Corwin make a strong case for adopting a macro perspective in sociological investigations. The study of interdependence among entities such as organizations is discussed and the use of input-output framework for such studies is expounded.

This definitive study concentrates on one fundamental aspect of complex organizations, the organization-environment relationship. Numerous theoretical frameworks are described and evaluated which are directly or indirectly relevant to this focus, and included are several chapters that deal with various aspects of this complex relationship.

The federal government is devoting millions of dollars to charter and voucher programs that currently require parents to abandon regular public schools. The School Choice Hoax: Fixing America's Schools exposes the misleading hyperbole that has been driving the school choice movement and shows how charter schools can become more effective and useful to public school districts.