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Education in a Post-Welfare Society (Introducing Social Policy)
Education in a PostWelfare Society - Introducing Social Policy
Author: Sally Tomlinson
Reviews of the first edition "This book must become the classic text for students of education, social and welfare policies. Sally Tomlinson, doyenne of policy-orientated education and social research, has written with commendable clarity and comprehensiveness a superb book on British education." — – Journal of Social Policy ...  more » The acclaimed first edition of Education in a Post-Welfare Society provided a critical overview of education policy since 1945. It demonstrated how a relatively decentralised education system became a system in which funding, teaching and curriculum are centrally controlled and privatisation encouraged, with education becoming a prop for global market economy rather than a pillar of the welfare state. The second edition continues the policy story up to 2005, covering two terms of a New Labour government and their plans for a third term. It also continues an examination of the relationship of education policy to social class, race, gender and the economy, paying attention to the educational disadvantages of some ethnic groups and refugee children. The book includes chronologies of education acts, reports and initiatives and summaries of major legislation. This is an invaluable resource for all those concerned with social policy and education, including educational researchers, professionals and politicians.
ISBN-13: 9780335217533
ISBN-10: 0335217532
Publication Date: 11/1/2005
Pages: 288
Edition: 2
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Publisher: Open University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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