Quasi-Markets, Competition, and School Choice Lotteries

Autor/in	Chew, Adrian W.
Titel	Quasi-Markets, Competition, and School Choice Lotteries
Quelle	In: Educational Policy, 33 (2019) 4, S.587-614 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-9048
DOI	10.1177/0895904817719522
Schlagwörter	School Choice; Competition; Charter Schools; Educational Policy; Documentaries + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Choice of school; Schulwahl; Wettkampf; Charter school; Charter-Schule; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Documentary film; Documentary films; Dokumentarfilm
Abstract	This article problematizes the lottery as a taken-for-granted concept, which is normatively understood as a neutral process rewarding its participant based on luck. The article adopts a policy problematization frame that interrogates the limits of normative concepts. To problematize the lottery system, this article engages with the two movies on school choice, "The Lottery" and "Waiting for 'Superman'", as "instances" through the conceptual lens of a quasi-market. The main argument is that the lottery is a particular discursive practice co-constituting the competitive frame of education quasi-markets. In identifying how the spirit of competitiveness underlies a competition, and by extension the lottery system, the article posits that in a competitive setting, competitors are primarily concerned with maximizing inequality among each other. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01