Education Plc : understanding private sector participation in public sector education /

Ball, Stephen J.,

Education Plc : understanding private sector participation in public sector education / Stephen J. Ball. - 1 online resource (xiv, 216 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-207) and index.

A "policy sociology" introduction to privatization(s): tools, meanings and positions Privatisation(s) in contexts Scale and scope: education is big business Economics and actors: the social relations of the ESI New governance, new communities, new philanthropy Selling improvement/selling policy/selling localities: an economy of innovation Policy controversies: failures, ethics and experiments Not jumping to conclusions.

9780203964200 9781134148950 9781134148998 9781134149001

10.4324/9780203964200 doi


Privatization in education.
Privatization--Economic aspects.

LB2806.36 / .B35 2007

379.1110973 / B187