Full Description
This book investigates the impact of neoliberalism on inequity in education systems around the world. Leading scholars examine how the adoption of neoliberal economic policies has resulted in the marketisation of education systems, where education is regarded as a private rather than public good.
Bringing together an array of contributions from Asia, Europe and Oceania this book examines how educational opportunities are distributed and how levels of educational inequality may have been impacted by neoliberal policies. Contributing authors emphasise how neoliberalism's impact on educational inequality differs depending on the existing education system, the political context and the importance of education within its respective network. Highlighting the importance of social justice, chapters also analyse education policies designed to alleviate inequity, noting how inequality in access to education has implications for broader society.
Neoliberalism, Inequality and Education is an essential resource for students and academics in education, economics, politics and sociology, as well as educators and policy-makers involved in education systems.
Contents
Contents
1 Introduction to Neoliberalism, Inequality and Education:
inequity by design 1
Jenny Chesters
2 The impact of neoliberal policies on the educational
opportunities and outcomes of Finnish youth 21
Tero Järvinen
3 Durable inequality: an historical sociology of ambivalent
neoliberalisation in French education 37
Quentin Maire
4 Countering educational inequality: a case-study of the Irish
DEIS programme 61
Emer Smyth and Merike Darmody
5 School choice policies: how inequity in school funding
exacerbates inequality in educational outcomes in Australia 77
Jenny Chesters
6 Education inequalities and employment outcomes in post-
liberalization Egypt 94
Shireen AlAzzawi and Vladimir Hlasny
7 Neoliberal policies and higher education in post-socialist
Mongolia 118
Orkhon Gantogtokh and Lesley Andres
8 Educational equity in Singapore: meritocracy vs parentocracy 138
Stanley Hak-Hiang Koh
9 Inequality in children's educational wellbeing during the
COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh 161
Haridhan Goswami, M. Ibrahim Khalil, Gour Gobinda
Goswami and Bijoy Krishna Banik
10 Concluding remarks: how neoliberalism disrupts social justice
and equity in education 181
Jenny Chesters
