The ideology of consumership and the coming deregulation of the public school system
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11487888 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter W Cookson (Adelphi University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 301-311 |
| Publication date | 1992-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Education Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0268-0939 • E-ISSN: 1464-5106 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0268093910070304 |
| OpenAlex | W2158670173 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 15 |
This article examines the origins and implications of the ideology of consumership as it relates to the educational reform movement known generically as school choice. The ideology of consumership is defined as a belief that market‐driven governance policies can, in and of themselves, solve the ‘crisis’ in American education. The ideology of consumership is examined as a form of public discourse. The central argument of this paper is that if consumership does replace citizenship as the basic ethos and driving force of American education, the public school system will cease to exist as we have known it. A distinction is made between those school‐choice advocates who base their proposals on empirical studies of school improvement and those school‐choice advocates who maintain that markets alone can transform schools. The ‘gospel’ of free‐market choice is examined and implications are drawn concerning the possible effects of deregulation on the American public school system
Argument (complex analysis · Citizenship · Corporate governance · Democracy · Deregulation · Economics · Ethos · Ideology · Management · Market economy · Pedagogy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · School choice · School system · Sociology · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms · Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities · Law · Public Administration · School Choice and Performance
Using Ideology
School choice in the US urban context
Racial/Ethnic Diversity and Academic Quality as Components of School Choice
Urban education, the middle classes and their dilemmas of school choice
Education Markets, Choice and Social Class
From learning to labour to learning for marginality
School Organization and Market Ecology
Self-interest and Liberal Educational Discourse
Rethinking Social Class
A Game of Two Halves' - A Critique of Some Complicities
Education and the rise of the corporate state
Conflict sociology
Education and jobs
Politics, Markets and America's Schools
Education and the Cult of Efficiency
Reforming Again, Again, and Again
Functional and Conflict Theories of Educational Stratification
Colleges and Elite Formation
The Effects of Education as an Institution
| Citations per year | 0.3 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1993 - 2011 (19) |
| Highly cited | No |