The author points out three basic elements that have been historically associated with the democratic management of schools: election, collegiality, participation in decision-making. The combination or the rejection of some of those different dimensions in specific social contexts may result in various conceptions of democratic management of schools, from self-government to the possible rise of a managerial post-democracy.
Democratic management of schools; Self-government; Participation in the decision-making process; Managerialism; Post-democracy