Retooling the Mind Factory

by Sears, Alan

• ISBN13: 9781551930442
• ISBN10: 1551930447
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-12-01
• Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr Higher education

Summary

Alan Sears examines education reform in relation to a broad process of cultural and economic change. His book makes the case that education reform is one aspect of a broad-ranging neo-liberal agenda that aims to push the market deeper into every aspect of our lives by eliminating or shrinking non-market alternatives. The author begins by showing that advocates of education reform have had to make the case that the current system is not working. This sets the ground for an examination of the so-called "common sense revolution," a claim that drastic change was required to redesign government policies to fit a changing world. Lean production methods are a crucial component of this changing world, and broader social and cultural change is now required to consolidate the emerging order built on the spread of these methods. Education reform is designed to recast the relations of citizenship, contributing to the cultural and social change promoted through the social policy of the lean state.

Author Biography

Alan Sears teaches Sociology at the University of Windsor, Ontario.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Education in a Lean State	p. 1
The Embrace of the State	p. 31
Education for an Information Age?	p. 59
Education for the Nation	p. 85
Education, Citizenship and Inequality	p. 123
Education: Gender and Sexuality	p. 155
Children of the Market	p. 191
Learning Freedom	p. 231
Bibliography	p. 259
Index	p. 279
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