Privatization in and of Public Education

Antonina Santalova, Kaire Põder (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

352 Seiten

2024
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-767350-8 (ISBN)

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Privatization of education has become a prevalent global trend, representing a significant shift from viewing education as a public good to considering it as a private commodity. This transformation is closely tied to the modernization of the state under the principles of neoliberalism. A comprehensive analysis, as presented in this book using Ball and Youdell's framework, sheds light on the diverse patterns of privatization in education, categorizing them into two types: exogenous and endogenous. The term "exogenous" refers to policies that grant the private sector increased rights and authority to deliver education services. On the other hand, "endogenous" pertains to policies aimed at making public schools operate more like businesses. This paradigm shift encompasses various elements, including parental school choice, inter-school competition, accountability to parents, and increased autonomy for schools. Still, the book shows that advantages of education privatization are evident, such as heightened efficiency and the ability to cater to the diverse needs of the public schooling system. However, it is crucial to recognize that these benefits come with an inadequately addressed trade-off between efficiency and equity or inclusion. This trade-off stands as the most pressing contemporary challenge of education privatization, affecting various contexts and cases explored within the book.

Prominent researchers in the field present a multi-faceted view of the forms and consequences of education privatization. Privatization in and of Public Education encompasses a wide range of countries and regions, including both developed and developing nations, offering valuable case studies that illustrate how privatization is unfolding across the globe. By examining the driving factors behind education privatization, such as economic, political, and social influences, the authors provide a comprehensive understanding of this global phenomenon.

Antonina Santalova is Academic Dean, Glion Institute of Higher Education and Associate Member, Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford. Kaire Põder is Professor of Economics at Estonian Business School and a member of the Expert Group of Quality Investments in Education and Training, European Commission.

Foreword by Stephen Ball
Introduction by A. Santalova & K. Põder

Section 1. Overview: Educational Diversification and Public Preferences

Chapter 1: Is the Common School Dead? Dilemmas of Plural Public Spaces
Bruce Fuller

Chapter 2: The Moral Economy of Diversity in Educational Options in Four European 'Choice' Countries
Triin Lauri, Kaire Põder

Section 2. Privatization of Education: Exogenous Forms

Chapter 3: Measuring the Efficiency of Private Schools: Conceptual Issues and Empirical Evidence
Tommaso Agasisti and Simona Ferraro

Chapter 4: Privatisation by Default: The Global Expansion and Implications of Private Supplementary Tutoring
Wei Zhang & Mark Bray

Chapter 5: The Growth of Private Schools in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: Drivers and Implications
Susan M. Kippels

Chapter 6: Shared and Contested Views of Education Professionals on the Forms of Privatisation within Comprehensive Schooling in Finland
Nina Nivanahoa Mikko Haavistob, Tuire Palonenb, Sonia Lempinena, Piia Seppänena

Chapter 7: Privatization in Children's Extracurricular Education Sector: the Case of Russia and the Post-Soviet Context
Sergey Kosaretsky, Ivan Y. Ivanov

Section 3. Privatization in Education: Endogenous Forms

Chapter 8: School Financing and Equal Educational Opportunity: A Review of Policy Interventions
Kristof De Witte, Mike Smet and Ruben Van Assche

Chapter 9: State Advances, Min Retreats: Recentralisation of Minban Education in China
Raymond K.H. Chan, Ying Wang

Chapter 10: School Autonomy as a Form of Privatization in Public Schooling in Post-Soviet Republics of Central Asia--Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
Antonina Santalova

Chapter 11: Where the Public was Always Private: Going Beyond Privatization in/of/through Education and Policymaking in Post-colonial Contexts
Mauro C. Moschetti, D. Brent Edwards Jr., & Alejandro Caravaca

Chapter 12: COVID-19 and the Commercialization of Finnish Schooling: a National 'Digileap' and a Global Re-imagining of Digitalized Public Schooling
Iida Kiesi and Anna Hogan

Section 4. Conclusion: Patterns and Policies

Chapter 13: Patterns of Privatization in/of Education
Antonina Santalova

Chapter 14: Policies: The Way Forward for Privatization
Kaire Põder

Erscheinungsdatum	10.03.2024
Reihe/Serie	International Policy Exchange
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	224 x 150 mm
Gewicht	612 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-19-767350-3 / 0197673503
ISBN-13	978-0-19-767350-8 / 9780197673508
Zustand	Neuware