Conservatism and Educational Crisis: The Case of England

Autor/in	Jones, Ken
Titel	Conservatism and Educational Crisis: The Case of England
Quelle	In: Education Inquiry, 5 (2014) 1, S.89-108, Artikel 24046 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2000-4508
DOI	10.3402/edui.v5.24046
Schlagwörter	Political Attitudes; Educational Policy; Program Development; Foreign Countries; Economic Climate; Privatization; Social Systems; Equal Education; Educational Opportunities; Social Problems; Politics of Education; Teachers; Teacher Educators; Public Officials; Elementary Secondary Education; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Programmplanung; Ausland; Wirtschaftslage; Privatisation; Privatisierung; Social system; Soziales System; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Educational policy; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Teacher education; Education; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung
Abstract	The Conservative-led Coalition government in Britain is strongly committed to a programme of austerity. In the short term, this is a programme which makes more difficult the country's exit from a period of recession and slow growth; in the longer term, it threatens cuts and privatisation which call into question the welfare state. Yet, politically, the Coalition has managed the post-2008 crisis more effectively than other European governments. Focusing on education, where the government's right-wing radicalism is strongly evident, this article explores possible reasons for its political success. It looks particularly at the Coalition's policies for teachers, and for the extension of private influence over schooling, as well as at the way it justifies its policies with reference to a reconceptualisation of 'equal opportunity'. It suggests that these are the culmination of more than 40 years of discursive elaboration and programme-building, which have weakened opposition to a point which makes the immediate costs of policy implementation quite low. It suggests, however, that the Conservative achievement is an unstable one, more likely to sharpen long-term political and social tensions than to resolve them. (As Provided).
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Update	2019/3/09