Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : studying the relationship between populism and educational policy and administration internationally / Peter Milley and Eugenie A. Samier -- Educational populism as a policy configuration : the struggle against school absenteeism in France / Xavier Pons -- Authoritarian populism, body politics, and the assault on gender studies : toward a new progressivism in education and society / James P. Burns, Colin D. Green and Jaime Nolan -- Challenges facing educational leaders in an ethos of anti-intellectualism : populist leadership and the personalisation of power in Hungary / Andrâas B. Kocsis -- Neoliberal crisis, the populist moment, and the challenge of educational leadership / Alexander J. Means and Kenneth J. Saltman -- Populism on young people's non-conforming behaviour as othering / Sari Vesikansa and Pèaivi Honkatukia -- Getting political : exploring how political savviness can help school district administrators counter frame problematic populist policies / âElian Dulude and Peter Milley -- Social foundations as preparation for school and community leadership : the urgency for deep learning in anti-intellectual times / Carol E. Harris -- Populist governance, caudillismo, and the crisis of education in Nicaragua : from the ideal of national purpose to political expediency / Richard MaClure with Melvin Sotello -- Policy making in higher education under neo-populism : a Brazilian experience / Elizabeth Balbachevsky and Josâe Augusto Guilhon-Albuquerque -- Populism in Australian education : implications for educational leadership / Christina Gowlett and Richard Niesche -- To surveille or not to surveille : educational surveillance in populist and nationalist times / Eugenie A. Samier -- Conclusion : populism and educational leadership, policy and administration : influences, responses, and directions for scholarship and research / Peter Milley and Eugenie A. Samier.