ABSTRACT

Numerous authors around the world hold the opinion that we are witnessing the transition to an entirely new historical era, which has been referred to by various names, such as globalization, risk society, neoliberalism, and so on (e.g., Bauman, 1996, 1998; Beilhartz, 2000; Beck, 1992, 1997; Castells, 1997; Castells & Himanen, 2002; Giddens, 1995; Sennett, 1998). In this “global network society,” education and social exclusion are also making new connections and searching for new routes and forms. Raising educational standards in the global market offers little insight into how the question of social justice is to be addressed (Brown & Lauder, 2006, p. 334).