The rich world and the impoverishment of education
Subtitle: diminishing democracy, equity and workers' rights
By: edited by Dave Hill.
Contributors: Hill, Dave, 1945-
Series: Routledge studies in education and neoliberalism -- 1
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415957755
Subjects: Education -- Economic aspects -- Developed countries -- Case studes; Neoliberalism; Education and state; Democracy
Genres: Case studes.
Notes: Includes index.

"Simultaneously published in the UK."
Table of contents: title: Foreword: the world is not flat: challenging neoliberal policies / David Hursh; title: Introduction: neoliberal politics and education in the rich world: inequality, undemocracy and the resistant possibilities and roles of critical educators / Dave Hill; title: The American privatization campaign: vouchers, charters, educational management organizations and the money behind them / Karen Anijar and David Gabbard; title: Neoliberalism and education in Canada / Adam Davidson-Harden, Larry Kuehn, Daniel Schugurensky and Harry Smaller; title: The new built environment of education: neo-liberalism on trial in Australia / Gregory Martin; title: England and Wales: neoliberalised education and its impacts / Christine Lewis, Dave Hill and Barry Fawcett; title: Changing the tide of education policy in Finland: from Nordic to EU educational policy model / Joel Kivirauma, Risto Rinne and Piia Seppänen; title: The neoliberal-neoconservative reform in Greek education / Georgios Grollios; title: The third way and beyond: global neo-liberalism, education and resistance in Taiwan / Hui-Lan Wang and Michael Loncar; title: Israel: neoliberal and nationalist education: towards a political pedagogy / Aura Mor-Sommerfeld, Ehud Adiv and Arnon Dunetz; title: Education in a one party 'democracy': Singapore / Steve McKenna and Julia Richardson; title: Education reforms in Japan: neo-liberal, neo-conservative, and 'progressive education' directions / Kaori H. Okano; title: Contributors; title: Index.