Understanding neoliberal rule in K-12 schools : educational fronts for local and global justice

• Other Authors: Abendroth, Mark (Editor), Porfilio, Bradley J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2015.
• Series: Critical constructions.
• Subjects: Privatization in education.; Capitalism and education.; Education and state.; Education and globalization.; Neoliberalism.; Education > Schools > Levels > General.; Schools and pre-schools.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806611126
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-68123-124-2
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 380 pages)

The word fundamentalism usually conjures up images of religions and their most zealous followers. Much less often the word appears in connection with political economy. The phrase "free market" gives the connotation that capitalism is freedom. Neoliberalism is the rise of global free-marke...