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Beyond Every Child Matters: Neoliberal Education and Social Policy in the new era book cover

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Beyond Every Child Matters Neoliberal Education and Social Policy in the new era

By Catherine Simon Copyright 2017
180 Pages
by Routledge

180 Pages
by Routledge

180 Pages
by Routledge
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The United Kingdom's Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition government 2010–15 was responsible for some of the most radical changes to education policy for decades. Beyond Every Child Matters provides a critical overview of developments in education and social welfare policy in the years following the 2010 general election. It explores the conceptual background of a ‘Big Society’ used to frame... Read more

Part I  1. From no society to Big Society: Reinventing Conservatism  2. Philosophical underpinning of the Big Society  3. Philip Blond: The new social configuration of the Big Society  4. Antecedents of Conservative political thought  5. Twentieth-century ideological conservatism  6. Models of community  7. Small government, Big Society: Constructing a policy narative  8. Neoliberalism and the market  Part II  9. Public service reform: (more) open public services  10. Education and social welfare  11. English education policy: The philosophy of Michael Oakeshott  12. Education and schooling 1: The importance of teaching (but not necessarily teachers)  13. Education and schooling 2: Back to where we started  14. Sure Start. Undermined by neoliberalism: Inequalities and the language of disadvantage  15. Families, children and young people: Challenge and opportunity  16. Where do we go from here? The case for a socially responsible system  17. Conclusion

Biography

Catherine A. Simon is Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader of Education Studies at the Institute for Education, Bath Spa University, UK.

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