Education Policy : Globalization, Citizenship and Democracy

by Mark Olssen

• ISBN13: 9780761974697
• ISBN10: 0761974695
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-06-30
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd

Summary

'Education policy is now a global matter and all the more complex for that. Mark Olssen, John Codd and Ann-Marie O'Neill do us an invaluable service in producing a carefully theorised guide to current issues and key concerns - this is an important, erudite and very practical book' - Stephen J Ball, Education Policy Research Unit, University of London 'Given the global reach of neoliberal policies, we need cogent books that enable us to better understand the major effects such tendencies have. Education Policy is such a book. It is insightful and well written--and should be read by all of us who care deeply about what is happening in education in international contexts' - Michael W Apple, Author of 'Educating the "Right" Way and John Bascom Professor of Education University of Wisconsin, Madison 'I really am taken with the book, the range and depth of analysis are truly impressive. This book is a magnum opus and everyone in the area should read it'- Hugh Lauder, University of Bath 'In their insightful and comprehensive book on education policy Mark Olssen, John Codd and Anne-Marie O'Neill wrestle with the big questions of citizenship and democracy in an age of globalization. They argue that ducation policy in the 21st century is the key to security, sustainability and survival. The book, anchored in the poststructuralist perspective of Michel Foucault, traverses the whole territory of education policy not only methods and approaches of policy analysis and the dominant political perspectives that influence policy-classical liberalism, social democracy and neo-liberalism--but also those policy areas that require the closest scrutiny: markets, trust, professionalism, choice, diversity, and finally, community, citizenship and democracy. This is the new policy bible for educationalists - it is at once systematic, provocative and instructive' - Michael A Peters, Research Professor, University of Glasgow This book provides an international perspective on education policy, and of the role and function of education in the global economy. The authors present a Foucauldian perspective on the politics of liberal education, within a theoretical framework necessary for the critical analysis of education policy. The authors set out the analyses necessary for understanding the restructuring in education and social policy that has occurred in many countries affected by the resurgence of neo-liberal political theory. They examine education policy in relation to globalization, citizenship and democracy. The authors argue that globalization is an extension of neoliberalism and is destructive of the nation state, community and democracy. They show the importance of education in building strong democratic nation states and global communities based on cultural identity and inter-cultural awareness. This book is essential reading for students of education policy studies and social policy analysis.

Table of Contents

About the Authors	ix
Acknowledgements	x
1 Reading Education Policy in the Global Era	1	(17)
Reading education policy	2	(2)
Theories of globalization	4	(4)
The nation-state in the new global order	8	(3)
Globalization, liberalism and neo-liberalism	11	(4)
The context for education policy	15	(3)
2 The Post-structuralism of Foucault	18	(21)
Foucault's critique of Marxism	18	(2)
Foucaults epistemology: power-knowledge	20	(2)
Discourse	22	(1)
Foucault and the state	23	(1)
Governmentality	24	(2)
Pastoral power	26	(1)
Raison d'etat and Polizei	27	(1)
Liberal reason	28	(2)
Disciplinary power and 'bio-power'	30	(3)
Textualism	33	(1)
The postmodern turn	34	(2)
The return of the political	36	(3)
3 Critical Policy Analysis: A Foucauldian Approach	39	(20)
Foucault's idea of critique	39	(3)
The influence of Nietzsche	42	(1)
The objects of Foucauldian critique	43	(2)
Foucauldian methodology: archaeology and genealogy	45	(4)
Foucault's departure from structuralism	49	(3)
Foucault's materialism	52	(1)
Foucault and critical policy analysis	53	(6)
4 Policy as Text and Policy as Discourse: A Framework for Analysis	59	(14)
Linguistic idealism in the interpretation of policy texts	60	(4)
The socio-linguistics of Saussure	64	(1)
Theories of discourse	65	(1)
Foucault and the discourses of education	66	(1)
A framework for discourse analysis	67	(2)
Aims of discourse analysis	69	(2)
Policy discourse and social structure	71	(2)
5 Classical Liberalism	73	(37)
Liberalism's common elements	74	(1)
The individual and human nature	75	(4)
The historical development of liberal discourse	79	(2)
Property rights in Hobbes and Locke	81	(4)
Liberalism as a dominant discourse	85	(1)
Classical economic liberalism	85	(3)
Adam Smith	88	(2)
Self-interest	90	(3)
The contradictions of liberalism	93	(1)
Human nature and the possessive individualism thesis	94	(3)
Hume and possessive individualism	97	(3)
Liberalism, individualism and education	100	(10)
6 Social Democratic Liberalism	110	(24)
The emergence of the welfare state in Britain	115	(3)
Precursors to the welfare state: Green and Hobhouse	118	(4)
Twentieth-century welfarism	122	(3)
The Keynesian welfare state consensus	125	(2)
The 'historic compromise'	127	(2)
The development of the welfare state in New Zealand	129	(5)
7 The Ascendancy of Neoliberalism	134	(19)
The 'new right'	134	(2)
Defining neoliberalism	136	(3)
The doctrine of monetarism	139	(3)
Austrian and Chicago economics	142	(4)
Human Capital Theory	146	(7)
8 Neoliberal Theories of Institutional Restructuring	153	(21)
Public Choice Theory	153	(7)
Agency Theory	160	(2)
Transaction Cost Economics	162	(3)
Libertarian political philosophy	165	(2)
Foucault's analysis of neoliberalism	167	(4)
Neoliberalism as a mode of control	171	(3)
9 Markets, Professionalism, Trust	174	(24)
Educational restructuring in England	174	(1)
Educational restructuring in New Zealand	175	(1)
Similarities and differences	176	(2)
Markets and the state	178	(1)
Markets and individual freedom	179	(4)
Negative and positive liberty	183	(2)
The de-professionalization of education	185	(2)
Competition and marketization: the case of higher education	187	(2)
Reconstituting professional work	189	(1)
The rebirth of managerialism	190	(2)
The culture of distrust	192	(2)
Trust and professional accountability	194	(4)
10 Discourses of Choice, Inequality and Social Diversity	198	(18)
Choice in the 1990's	199	(1)
Choice and the 'third way'	200	(2)
The rationale for school choice	202	(2)
School choice and inequality	204	(1)
The limits of choice	205	(3)
Social selection and the 'third way'	208	(2)
Discourses of diversity and devolution	210	(2)
The necessity of state control	212	(1)
Contrary directions in the 'third way'	213	(3)
11 Democracy, Citizenship and the 'Thin' Community	216	(29)
Conflicting ethical frameworks: utilitarianism and social justice	216	(4)
Rawls and his communitarian critics	220	(8)
Communitarianism as the basis of social democracy	228	(3)
Forms of communitarianism	231	(1)
Towards a 'thin' communitarianism	232	(3)
Community, liberty and justice	235	(4)
Communitarianism and educational choice policies	239	(1)
The arguments for public schooling restated	240	(5)
12 Globalization, Democracy and Education	245	(37)
The failure of neoliberalism	246	(3)
Rebirth of the welfare state	249	(4)
Revising the globalization thesis	253	(6)
Cosmopolitan democracy	259	(3)
Democracy, survival and international relations	262	(2)
Democracy, multiculturalism and justice	264	(4)
Deepening democracy through education	268	(3)
Deliberation	271	(1)
Contestation	272	(1)
The rise of the education state: educating the democratic capabilities	273	(9)
Bibliography	282	(33)
Index	315