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Education in a post-welfare society / Sally Tomlinson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tomlinson, Sally.
- Series:
- Introducing social policy.
- Introducing social policy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education and state--Great Britain.
- Education and state.
- Education--Political aspects--Great Britain.
- Education.
- Education--Social aspects--Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Provides a critical overview of education policy. This book demonstrates how a relatively decentralised education system became a system in which funding, teaching and curriculum are centrally controlled and privatisation encouraged. It examines the relationship of education policy to social class, race, gender and the economy.
- Contents:
- Cover; Half title; Series editor; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of boxes; Series editor's foreword; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter one; Chapter two; Chapter three; Chapter four; Chapter five; Chapter six; Chapter seven; Chapter eight; Chapter nine; Chapter ten; Chapter eleven; References; Index
- Notes:
- Previous ed.: 2001.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-94824-8
- 9786610948246
- 0-335-22810-0
- OCLC:
- 314634801
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