Outlines the key concepts in the work of Foucault, showing how his concepts of discourse, of power/knowledge, and of governmentality offer a way to understand how ideas of educational leadership and management have emerged, how they serve to establish a discipline, and how they construct individuals in particular ideological ways.

1: Introducing Michel Foucault 2:Why Bring Foucault to the Study of Educational Leadership? 3: Educational Leadership as Discourse 4: Power and Educational Leadership 5: Governmentality and Educational Leadership 6: Governmentality in Practice: Governing the Self and Others 7: In a Marketized Education System Glenn Savage 8: Thinking With and Against Foucault 9: Further Resources

Donald Gillies is Professor of Education Policy at York St John University, UK.