Education plc: Understanding Private Sector Participation in Public Sector Education

by Stephen J. Ball

Book Overview

Is the privatisation of state education defendable? Did the public sector ever provide a fair education for all learners?

In Education plc, Stephen Ball provides a comprehensive, analytic and empirical account of the privatisation of education. He questions the kind of future we want for education and what role privatisation and the private sector may have in that future. Using policy sociology to describe and critically analyse changes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415399416
• ISBN13: 9780415399418
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.2"