Privatisation, Education and Social Justice

ISBN-13: 9781138300118 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 150 str.

Geoffrey Walford

Opis

Privatisation in and of education is a process that takes many different forms, and is deeply controversial. This book examines the concept and nature of privatisation, and explores the impacts of privatisation in terms of social justice. This book was originally published as a special issue of Oxford Review of Education.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. The social justice implications of privatisation in education governance frameworks: a relational account  3. Challenging educational injustice: ‘Grassroots’ privatisation in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa  4. Social justice and education in the public and private spheres  5. Behind the façade of fee-free education: shadow education and its implications for social justice  6. Privatising form or function? Equity, outcomes and influence in American charter schools  7. Does educational privatisation promote social justice?  8. State support for private schooling in India: What do the evaluations of the British Assisted Places Schemes suggest?  9. Access or quality? Why do families living in slums choose low-cost private schools in Lagos, Nigeria?

O autorze

Geoffrey Walford is Emeritus Professor of Education Policy at the University of Oxford, UK.