Neoliberalism as an asocial ideology and strategy in education

Bibliographic Data

ID12068081
AuthorsTae‐hee Jo (0000-0002-0242-024X, University of Missouri–Kansas City, corresponding author), Tae-Hee Jo
Year2005
Volume35
Issue1
Pages37-58
Publication date2005-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueForum for Social Economics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0736-0932 • E-ISSN: 1874-6381
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1007/bf02746013
OpenAlexW2006390802
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited13

There have been many neoliberal education reforms around the world. At the bottom line, those reforms are intended to modify the education system based upon market principles. Reviewing and contrasting various perspectives on education (Adam Smith, Marxists, Veblen, Dewey, and neoclassicists), I argue that: 1) neoliberalism is an asocial ideology of the ruling class in the capitalist system, 2) neoliberalism justifies and propagates market principles in education, 3) there is a discontinuity between classical liberalism and neoliberalism, and 4) when it comes to Korean education reforms, neoliberalism has two contradictions and counter-movements which hinder the realization of market principles in education

Economic system · Economics · Ideology · Liberalism · Neoliberalism (international relations · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Technocracy · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities · Higher Education Governance and Development · Law

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