@article{ref1,
title="Bullying Widespread: A Critical Analysis of Research and Public Discourse on Bullying",
journal="Journal of school violence",
year="2005",
author="Walton, Gerald",
volume="4",
number="1",
pages="91-118",
abstract="The issue of bullying features prominently in educational administration, academic research, journalism, and public discourse. In this paper, I present a critical examination of research on bullying by addressing dominant themes and preoccupations in the literature. I argue that the proliferation of policies and programs purported to reduce bullying in schools are anchored by what appears to be a common, but problematic, understanding of the notion of bullying. Such policies and programs are utilitarian but misguided. Here, I problematize the very notion of bullying and contextualize it within broader frameworks of educational administration and social oppression. By contrast, I highlight educational theorists who conceptualize school violence in social and political terms rather than psychological, behavioral, and individualistic ones.<p />",
language="en",
issn="1538-8220",
doi="10.1300/J202v04n01_06",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J202v04n01_06"
}