Education and the Middle Classes

Abstract

2nd ed. Previous edition: 2001. "The acclaimed first edition of Education in a Post-Welfare Society provided a critical overview of education policy since 1945. It demonstrated how a relatively decentralised education system became a system in which funding, teaching and curriculum are centrally controlled and privatisation encouraged, with education becoming a prop for global market economy rather than a pillar of the welfare state." "The second edition continues the policy story up to 2005, covering two terms of a New Labour government and their plans for a third term. It also continues an examination of the relationship of education policy to social class, race, gender and the economy, paying attention to the educational disadvantages of some ethnic groups and refugee children. The book includes chronologies of education acts, reports and initiatives and summaries of major legislation."--Jacket Machine generated contents note: 1. Social democratic consensus? : education 1945-79 -- 2. Market forces gather : education 1980-87 -- 3. Creating competition : education 1988-94 -- 4. consequences of competition : education 1994-97 -- 5. New Labour and education : 1997-2000 -- 6. Diversity, selection and privatization 2000-2005 -- 7. Centralizing lifelong learning 1997-2005 -- 8. Education and the middle classes -- 9. Equity issues : race and gender -- 10. Education and the economy.