MTU Cork Library Catalogue

The rich world and the impoverishment of education : diminishing democracy, equity and workers' rights /

The rich world and the impoverishment of education : diminishing democracy, equity and workers' rights / edited by Dave Hill. - xv, 273 pages ; 24 cm - Routledge studies in education and neoliberalism ; 1 . - Routledge studies in education and neoliberalism ; 1. .

Simultaneously published in the UK.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword: the world is not flat: challenging neoliberal policies / David Hursh -- Introduction: neoliberal politics and education in the rich world: inequality, undemocracy and the resistant possibilities and roles of critical educators / Dave Hill -- The American privatization campaign: vouchers, charters, educational management organizations and the money behind them / Karen Anijar and David Gabbard -- Neoliberalism and education in Canada / Adam Davidson-Harden, Larry Kuehn, Daniel Schugurensky and Harry Smaller -- The new built environment of education: neo-liberalism on trial in Australia / Gregory Martin -- England and Wales: neoliberalised education and its impacts / Christine Lewis, Dave Hill and Barry Fawcett -- Changing the tide of education policy in Finland: from Nordic to EU educational policy model / Joel Kivirauma, Risto Rinne and Piia Sepp©Þnen -- The neoliberal-neoconservative reform in Greek education / Georgios Grollios -- The third way and beyond: global neo-liberalism, education and resistance in Taiwan / Hui-Lan Wang and Michael Loncar -- Israel: neoliberal and nationalist education: towards a political pedagogy / Aura Mor-Sommerfeld, Ehud Adiv and Arnon Dunetz -- Education in a one party \'democracy\': Singapore / Steve McKenna and Julia Richardson -- Education reforms in Japan: neo-liberal, neo-conservative, and \'progressive education\' directions / Kaori H. Okano -- Contributors -- Index.

9780415507097

2008003879


Education--Economic aspects--Developing countries.
Neoliberalism
Education and state.
Democracy

379.1722

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