ABSTRACT
In Europe welfare state provision has been subjected to 'market forces'. Over the last two decades, the framework of economic competitiveness has become the defining aim of education, to be achieved by new managerialist techniques and mechanisms. This book thoughtfully and persuasively argues against this new vision of education, and offers a different, more useful potential approach.
This in-depth major study will be of great interest to researchers in the sociology of education, education policy, social theory, organization and management studies, and also to professionals concerned about the deleterious impact of current education policy on children's learning and welfare.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Part I Establishing the theoretical framework
chapter 1|32 pages
Structure, agency and educational change
part |2 pages
PART II Child-centred philosophy, new managerialism and the English education system
chapter 5|23 pages
Socio-cultural elaboration
part |2 pages
PART III At the managerial chalk face: Southside and Westside
part |2 pages
Part IV Concluding remarks