Beyond every child matters : neoliberal education and social policy in the New Era / Catherine A. Simon.
The UK's Conservative/Liberal-Democrat coalition government 2010-2015 were responsible for the some of the most radical changes to education policy for decades. "Beyond Every Child Matters" provides a critical overview of developments in education and social welfare policy in the year...
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Reference; Acknowledgements; Abreviations; Introduction; Section 1; Section 2; References; PART I; Chapter 1 From no society to Big Society: Reinventing Conservatism; Political ideology; Structuring political understanding; Shaping political systems; Unifying beliefs and values; Capitalism; Conclusion; References; Chapter 2 Philosophical underpinning of the Big Society; What are the intellectual antecedents, if any?; Phillip Blond: Red Toryism and philosophical/theological thought.
- Demarking concern for the poor from class strugglePromoting localism; References; Chapter 3 Phillip Blond: The new social configuration of the Big Society; Blond and liberalism; References; Chapter 4 Antecedents of Conservative political thought; Hierarchies, liberalism and civil democracy; Disraeli and nineteenth-century political thought; References; Chapter 5 Twentieth-century ideological conservatism; Hayek and Oakeshott: the conservative/liberal tension; The role of the state; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6 Models of community; The Christian church: A faith model of community.
- The Co-operative movementRadical communities: Saul Alinsky's People's Organisations; Putnam: Community as social capital; Political communitarianism and civil society; Keane: Civil society, the context for communityparticipation and action; References; Chapter 7 Small government, Big Society: Constructing a policy narrative; Policy as bricolage; Policy and the power of ideas; The hybridised model; Conclusion; References; Chapter 8 Neoliberalism and the market; Markets; So, at what point is 'the state where necessary'?; Conclusion; References; PART II.
- Chpater 9 Public service reform: (More) open public servicesLocalism; Localism under New Labour: New Public Management; Coalition welfare reform: (More) open public services; The Localism Act 2011; Underlying assumptions; Conclusion; References; Chapter 10 Education and social welfare; Introduction; Understanding child protection; Doing things right or doing the right thing?; Conclusion; References; Chapter 11 English education policy: The philosophy of Michael Oakeshott; In defense of liberal education; Education as 'conversation'
- The role of the state: Intervention, standards and assessmentReferences; Chapter 12 Education and schooling 1: The importance of teaching (but not necessarily teachers); Education policy 2010-15; The teaching profession; The state system of schooling; Analysis of reforms; Conceptualising pedagogy; Learning; Teaching; Curriculum; Conclusion; References; Chapter 13 Education and schooling 2: Back to where we started; Markets: Whither the state?; Conclusion; References; Chapter 14 Sure Start. Undermined by neoliberalism: Inequalities and the language of disadvantage.