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May 9, 2026Educational Management Administration & Leadership

Micropolitics of social justice in schools: A qualitative case study from Türkiye

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GPGülşah PolatHÖHamit ÖzenKAKhalid Arar

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Overview

Qualitative case study explores educators' insights on social justice in Turkish schools, highlighting systemic inequities.

Key Points

  • This paper aims to understand teachers' perceptions of social justice in school leadership and its impact on decision-making and resource distribution.
  • Qualitative case study design
  • Semi-structured interviews with fifteen teachers in Türkiye
  • Content analysis of interview data
  • Administrators tend to implement social justice superficially, particularly in resource allocation (equitable distribution)
  • Teachers perceive a lack of leadership awareness concerning justice-oriented practices
  • Microlevel inequities remain hidden due to systemic constraints faced by educators

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Polat et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69fed0c1b9154b0b82877db4https://doi.org/10.1177/17411432261446825
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