Marketization and Post-Marketization in Education

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Abstract

Education has become increasingly “marketized” in recent years. Although the detail in this chapter relates to the situation in England, where neo-liberal policies have been in place for more than three decades now, these developments are now part of a much broader trend. The emergence of comparable reforms across continents has led some to suggest that the current restructuring of education needs to be understood as part of the economic, political and cultural processes of globalization in which national differences erode, state bureaucracies fragment and mass systems of public welfare disintegrate.

Keywords

Education Policy School Choice Good School School Inspection Free School Meal 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Institute of Education, University of LondonLondonUK

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