ABSTRACT
This chapter presents neoliberalism and its key concepts in the context of education in general and English medium instruction policies in particular. It argues that neoliberal free market doctrines are “rooted in much deeper structural and systemic changes in our conception of the politics and the practices of governing” (Oksala, 2013, p. 53). It is for these reasons that neoliberalism has to be understood at deeper levels, including the historic-ontological level, if we are to engage in any kind of critical discussion centred on the concept.
