ABSTRACT
Privatization and the Education of Marginalized Children examines the issue of markets in education as they shape educational opportunities for disadvantaged children—for better or worse—in countries around the globe. With chapters written by leading scholars in the field of international education, this book analyzes the important questions of equity and markets, privatization and opportunity, and policies' objectives and outcomes, and it explores the potential, promises, and empirical evidence on the role of market mechanisms. Offering insights from theoretical as well as international-comparative perspectives, this volume will appeal to researchers and students of education-focused public policy, sociology, and international economics. A timely contribution to the field, Privatization and the Education of Marginalized Children aims to engage in public/private debate by addressing the larger societal exclusions and segregation of communities in which these schools exist.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|78 pages
Conceptual and Theoretical Evidence
chapter 3|22 pages
Disadvantaged Youths’ Imagined Futures and School Choice
part II|61 pages
Emerging Market Models
chapter 5|22 pages
Making Rights Realities
chapter 6|17 pages
Cultural Politics, Neoliberal Markets, and the Privatization of the Urban “Other”
chapter 7|20 pages
Equal Scrutiny
part III|57 pages
Established Market Models