The Privatization of Education: A Political Economy of Global Education Reform

Abstract

Machine generated contents note: pt. I INTRODUCTION -- 1.The Globalization of Education Privatization: An Introduction -- Inquiring into Education Privatization Processes -- The Scope and Meaning of Educational Privatization -- The Systematic Literature Review Approach -- Book Structure -- 2.The Political Economy of Global Education Reform -- Global-Local Divide -- Material-Ideational Divide -- The Scope and Dynamics of Policy Change -- Conclusion -- pt. II PATHS TOWARD PRIVATIZATION -- 3.Education Privatization as a State Reform: The Ideological Road to Privatization in Chile and the United Kingdom -- The Neoliberal Influence in Education -- An Education Privatization Laboratory: The Case of Chile -- From Thatcherism to New Labour: The Case of the United Kingdom -- Conclusion -- 4.Education Privatization in Social Democratic Welfare States: The Nordic Path Toward Privatization -- The Spread of Global Neoliberal Ideas Note continued: Political Institutions and Party Politics in the Nordic Region -- New Social Democracy and the Modernization of the Welfare State -- Conclusion -- 5.Scaling Up Privatization: School Choice Reforms in the United States -- School Choice Reform Breeding Grounds: Discursive, Institutional, and Legal Contingencies -- Policy Outcomes: The (Uneven) Advancement of Charter Schools and Voucher Programs -- Conclusion -- 6.Privatization by Default in Low-Income Countries: The Emergence and Expansion of Low-Fee Private Schools -- A Growing Demand for LFPSs -- The Global Promotion of LFPSs -- Conclusion -- 7.Historical Public-Private Partnerships in Education: The Cases of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Spain -- The Netherlands: Pillarization and Religious Segregation -- Belgium: Ups and Downs in a Private School Financing Agreement -- Spain: The Consolidation of the Private Sector in the Transition to Democracy -- Conclusion Note continued: 8.Along the Path of Emergency: Privatization by Way of Catastrophe -- Education Privatization in Catastrophe Settings: Identifying Constant Features -- Natural Disasters as an Opportunity to Privatize Education -- Education Reform in Postconflict Contexts -- Conclusion -- pt. III ACTORS FOR AND AGAINST PRIVATIZATION -- 9.The Emerging Role of Nonstate Actors in the Promotion of Educational Privatization -- Think Tanks: Producing Pro-Privatization Ideas -- The Media: Means or Agents in Education Privatization? -- Policy Entrepreneurs -- Private Corporations and New Forms of Philanthropy -- Advocating Privatization: Frequent Strategies of Influence -- Conclusion -- 10.Resisting Privatization: The Strategies and Influence of Teachers' Unions in Educational Reform -- Teachers' Unions Participation in Policy Processes: Different Models of Engagement -- Unions' Strategies and Repertoires of Action Note continued: Conditions of Influence: Opportunities, Risks, and Threats for Unions -- Conclusion -- 11.Conclusions: A Cultural Political Economy of Education Privatization -- The Multiple Trajectories of Education Privatization -- The Political, Economic, and Cultural Forces Behind Education Privatization -- Final Remarks: Political Implications, Future Directions.