The Privatization of Education: A Political Economy of Global Education Reform Contributor(s): Verger, Antoni (Author), Fontdevila, Clara (Author), Zancajo, Adrián (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807757594 ISBN-13: 9780807757598 Publisher: Teachers College Press OUR PRICE: $40.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Education | Educational Policy & Reform - Education | Finance - Education | Comparative |
Dewey: 379.1 |
LCCN: 2016009364 |
Series: International Perspectives on Educational Reform |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.80 lbs) 256 pages |
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Publisher Description: Education privatization is a global phenomenon that has crystallized in countries with very different cultural, political, and economic backgrounds. In this book, the authors examine how privatization policies are being adopted and why so many countries are engaging in this type of education reform. The authors explore the contexts, key personnel, and policy initiatives that explain the worldwide advance of the private sector in education, and identify six different paths toward education privatization--as a drastic state sector reform (e.g., Chile, the U.K.), as an incremental reform (e.g., the U.S.A.), in social-democratic welfare states, as historical public-private partnerships (e.g., Netherlands, Spain), as de facto privatization in low-income countries, and privatization via disaster. Book Features:
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