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Title Education and the market place / edited by David Bridges and Terence H. McLaughlin
Published London ; Washington, D.C. : Falmer Press, 1994

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 178 pages)
Contents Preliminaries; Contents; Chapter 1 Education and the Market Place: An Introduction; Chapter 2 Schooling, Markets and Public Agency 1833-1944; Chapter 3 Local Education Authorities and the Market Place; Chapter 4 In Defence of the Educational Voucher; Chapter 5 Diversity in State Education: The Grant Maintained Option; Chapter 6 Managing the Market; Chapter 7 Parents: Customers or Partners?; Chapter 8 Business Sponsorship in Schools: A Changing Climate; Chapter 9 Pied Piper Revisited; Chapter 10 Markets, Values and Education; Chapter 11 Education and the Limits of the Market
Chapter 12 Education is a Public GoodChapter 13 In Defence of Markets in Educational Provision; Chapter 14 Politics, Markets and Schools: The Central Issues; Notes on Contributors; Index
Summary This collection of essays debates the application of market principles to and within the context of education. The contributors are all leading figures in their field, presenting their ideas in an accessible style to the lay reader. Throughout, the educational and public policy issues raised by the application of market principles to education are closely examined
Analysis Education Economics
Great Britain
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Education and state -- England
Education and state -- Wales
Education -- Economic aspects -- England
Education -- Economic aspects -- Wales
Education -- England -- Finance
Education -- Wales -- Finance
School choice -- England
School choice -- Wales
EDUCATION -- Finance.
Education and state
Education -- Economic aspects
Education -- Finance
School choice
England
Wales
Form Electronic book
Author Bridges, David, 1941-
McLaughlin, Terence H., 1949-2006.
ISBN 020397543X
9780203975435
0750703482
9780750703482
9780750703499
0750703490
1280143894
9781280143892
1135719764
9781135719760
9786610143894
6610143897