ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on ideological themes held by the activists; the awareness actors had of these themes; and the connections which existed between themes. While the most fundamental features of the educational programme in occupied Croxteth Comprehensive were determined by constraints, another set of conditions structured relationships between teachers and local activists. ‘Interpretative framework’, or ‘interpretative scheme’, are terms used by various social theorists but represent very general concepts which must be delineated to be useful. Teachers and local Croxteth activists differed in their perceptions of the occupation largely because of their different backgrounds. They had been socialized into diverse patterns of routine activity and routine perceptions which corresponded to both their economic positions in society and the cultural traditions passed on by others who had historically lived within those, or similar, social environments. The Croxteth Community Action Committee was formally democratic.
