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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784351403321

Autore

Bridges David

Titolo

Education and the Market Place

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, Oct. 1994

ISBN

1-135-71975-6

1-135-71976-4

1-280-14389-4

0-203-97543-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 pages)

Disciplina

379.41

Soggetti

Education and state - England

Education and state - Wales

Education - Economic aspects - England

Education - Economic aspects - Wales

Education - England - Finance

Education - Wales - Finance

School choice - England

School choice - Wales

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; Chapter 1 Education and the Market Place: An Introduction; Chapter 2 Schooling, Markets and Public Agency 1833-1944; Chapter 3 Local Education Authorities and the Market Place; Chapter 4 In Defence of the Educational Voucher; Chapter 5 Diversity in State Education: The Grant Maintained Option; Chapter 6 Managing the Market; Chapter 7 Parents: Customers or Partners?; Chapter 8 Business Sponsorship in Schools: A Changing Climate; Chapter 9 Pied Piper Revisited; Chapter 10 Markets, Values and Education; Chapter 11 Education and the Limits of the Market

Chapter 12 Education is a Public Good; Chapter 13 In Defence of Markets in Educational Provision; Chapter 14 Politics, Markets and Schools: The Central Issues; Notes on Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of essays debates the application of market principles to



and within the context of education. Throughout, the educational and public policy issues raised by the application of market principles to education are closely examined.