Neoliberal Policy and the Meaning of Counterintuitive Middle-class School Choices

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2305538
AutoresDavid James (0000-0001-5168-4690, University of the West of England, Bristol,, autor de correspondencia), Diane Reay (0000-0003-0259-1935, University of Cambridge, autor de correspondencia), Gill Crozier (0000-0003-2927-0533, University of Roehampton, autor de correspondencia), Phoebe Beedell (0000-0003-3352-935X, University of the West of England, Bristol,, autor de correspondencia), Sumi Hollingworth (London Metropolitan University, autor de correspondencia), Fiona Jamieson (University of Sunderland), Katya Williams (London Metropolitan University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2010
Volumen58
Número4
Páginas623-641
Fecha de publicación2010-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCurrent Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0011-3921 • E-ISSN: 1461-7064
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0011392110368003
OpenAlexW2111065535
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas24
Referencias citadas24

This article considers how the nature and effects of neoliberal policy in education are illuminated by the outcomes of a study of white middle-class families choosing ordinary state secondary schools in England. Having described the main features of the study and some of its findings, consideration is given to specific 'global' dimensions - one in terms of parental perceptions and the other drawing upon analysis of the global effects of neoliberalism, an example of which is illustrated with reference to an influential UK policy. The article concludes that the conditions so generated not only provide advantages to those making conventional choices in keeping with a marketized service, but that they may also bring advantages to middle-class families making 'counterintuitive' choices as well

Class (philosophy) · Counterintuitive · Economics · Epistemology · Meaning (existential) · Middle class · Neoliberalism (international relations) · Perception · Political economy · Political science · Positive economics · Sociology · State (computer science) · Computer Science · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Law