1st Edition

The Education Hustle Questioning the Dominant Politico-Economic Mindset

By Andrew Skourdoumbis Copyright 2026
148 Pages
by Routledge

148 Pages
by Routledge

Andrew Skourdoumbis offers a critical interpretation of the ideas and values of a neo-liberal politico-economic framework of globalisation founded on the 'American Model', examining the ways in which this framework has been imposed (hustled) into fields such as education.   The chapters unravel how the 'education hustle' centres itself around advancing an Anglo-American politico-... Read more

1.      The argument: an education hustle

2.      A politico-economic interest – the emulative illusio at work

3.      Hustlers and education

4.      Maintaining the hustle

5.      Hustling the twenty-first century – trainability and the new behaviourism

6.      The hustle of a science of education

7.      The educative experience under threat

8.      Charting a way forward

Biography

Andrew Skourdoumbis is an associate professor of education (pedagogy and curriculum) at Deakin University, Australia. His research investigates global reform efforts in education that impact teacher practice and the way that exacting statistical methods of research govern school educational policy and teacher performance.