The role of the private sector in publicly funded schooling in England

Finance, Delivery and Decision Making

Bibliographic Data

ID6327630
AuthorsAnne West (0000-0003-2932-7667, London School of Economics and Political Science), Peter Currie (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Year2008
Volume36
Issue2
Pages191-207
Publication date2008-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolicy & Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0305-5736 • E-ISSN: 1470-8442
PublisherBristol University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1332/030557308783995062
OpenAlexW1985181735
LanguageEN
Citations received9

In England, there is significant involvement of the private sector in publicly funded schools. This article focuses on different forms of involvement via academies and city technology colleges; specialist schools; Education Action Zones; outsourcing of services; and the Private Finance Initiative. Private sector involvement varies along different dimensions: service delivery, source of funding and locus of decision making. In the most far-reaching forms of involvement, decision making no longer rests with the public sector but is transferred to the private sector. The effects of the blurring of public and private finance and delivery are discussed in relation to democratic accountability

Accountability · Business · Democracy · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Outsourcing · Political science · Politics · Private finance initiative · Private sector · Public relations · Public sector · Service (business · Service delivery framework · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities · Public Administration · Accounting · Finance · Marketing

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