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Blair’s Educational Legacy

Thirteen Years of New Labour

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  • © 2010

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  1. Anthony Green
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Part of the book series: Marxism and Education (MAED)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Blair and New Labour: Contexts, Legacies, and Prospects for Educating the Educators

    • Anthony Green
    Pages 1-24

  3. Education and the Crunch: Gloom and Opportunities

    • Patrick Ainley, Martin Allen
    Pages 25-43

  4. Education, Education, Education or Business, Business, Business?

    • Kevin Farnsworth
    Pages 45-64

  5. Valorisation and the Role of the University under New Labour: Reclaiming the Commons in a Knowledge-based Economy

    • Molly Bellamy
    Pages 65-99

  6. The Professional Imagination: Remaking Education Policy in a Neoliberal Context

    • Denis Gleeson
    Pages 101-120

  7. Curriculum Change and the Blair Years

    • Terry Wrigley
    Pages 121-143

  8. Academies: Diversity, Economism, and Contending Forces for Change

    • Philip A. Woods
    Pages 145-169

  9. Ten Years of New Labour Education Policy and Racial Inequality: An Act of Whiteness or Neoliberalism?

    • Alpesh Maisuria
    Pages 171-191

  10. Patterns of Conflict in Education: France, Italy, England

    • Ken Jones
    Pages 193-218

  11. Afterword: New Labour’s Legacy … the Con-Dems and Zombie Blairism

    • Anthony Green
    Pages 219-225

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 227-238
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About this book

Providing an overview and Marxist assessment of Tony Blair and New Labour's UK education policies, structures, and processes, the contributors in this exciting new collection discuss specific aspects of education policy and practices.

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ANTHONY GREEN Senior Lecturer in the Department of Educational Foundations and Policy Studies at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK.

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