ABSTRACT
In this book we have sought to challenge the views of both proponents and opponents of an increased role for market forces in schooling markets. We have argued that proponents too often ignore the presence of extensive market failures in schooling markets and, given dysfunctional effects, the need to examine the interactions between individual reforms. Opponents, on the other hand, are often complacent about current schooling outcomes, neglecting the evidence of widespread government failures and the potential benefits from carefully designed and co-ordinated schooling reforms.
