Title Education and public choice : a critical account of the invisible hand in education / Nesta Devine

Published Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2004

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Description xxvi, 189 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Series Critical studies in education and culture series, 1064-8615 Critical studies in education and culture series. 1064-8615 Contents Series forword / Henry A. Giroux -- I. Fundamentals -- 1. Introducing the theoretical groundwork -- 2. Basic elements -- 3. Supply-side economics -- 4. The calculation of consent : to whom should consent be given? -- II. Genealogies : the relation of public choice theory to science -- 5. A medieval genealogy of public choice ideas -- 6. Rupture : the Scottish school and the genealogy of added value -- 7. Public choice theory, economics, and claims to scientific status -- 8. Catallactics : Hayek's evolutionary theory of economics, applied to public policy -- 9. Conclusion Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [169]-181) and index Subject Education -- Economic aspects -- New Zealand -- Case studies. Social choice. Critical pedagogy. Genre/Form Case studies. LC no. 2003058155 ISBN 0275980294 alkaline paper

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