Does Educational Privatisation Promote Social Justice?

Autor/inn/en	Levin, Henry M.; Cornelisz, Ilja; Hanisch-Cerda, Barbara
Titel	Does Educational Privatisation Promote Social Justice?
Quelle	In: Oxford Review of Education, 39 (2013) 4, S.514-532 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-4985
DOI	10.1080/03054985.2013.825983
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Social Justice; Privatization; Commercialization; Educational Policy; Educational Practices; Educational Vouchers; Funding Formulas; Delivery Systems; School Choice; Efficiency; Educational Opportunities; Social Integration; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Privatisation; Privatisierung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungspraxis; Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Funding; Finanzierung; Auslieferung; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Effectiveness; Effektivität; Wirkungsgrad; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Soziale Integration; Niederlande
Abstract	Social justice in education refers to the expectation that the education system provides fairness in its access to opportunities and results. Proponents of educational privatisation believe this would not only open up opportunities for those that otherwise are restricted from attending good schools, but that it would also improve overall efficiency in the education system through pressures of market competition. This article first provides a framework for analysing a quasi-market in education and for considering the potential effects of privatisation. It then applies this framework to the Netherlands, a school system premised completely on choice where two thirds of the schools are privately sponsored. We conclude that the Dutch system, thanks to a series of policies and regulations in place, performs relatively well on social justice, when looking at freedom of choice and overall productive efficiency. However, for equity and social cohesion, despite clear policy efforts, the privatised system seems to undermine social justice for certain groups in the population. The dilemma observed here is that some private benefits of education must be compromised to achieve greater equity and social cohesion. It is an open question whether policy makers are willing to make such tradeoffs. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10