Global Education Inc.: New Policy Networks and the Neoliberal Imaginary

by Stephen J. Ball and Stephen J Ball

Book Overview

Do private and philanthropic solutions to the problems of education signal the end of state education in its 'welfare' form?

Education policy is being reformed and re-worked on a global scale. Policies are flowing and converging to produce a singular vision of 'best practice' based on the methods and tenets of the 'neo-liberal imaginary'. Philanthropy, business and the governments are coming together in new networks and sites of policy outside...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415684099
• ISBN13: 9780415684095
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"