Individualism And Community - Education And Social Policy In The Postmodern Condition (Hardcover)

Examining, in the widest sense, the changes in political philosophy that have occurred in Western capitalist states since the early 1980s, this book focuses on the introduction of neo-liberal principles in the combined area of social and education policy.;New Zealand presents a paradigm example of the neo-liberal shift in political philosophy. From constituting the "social laboratory" of the Western world in the 1930s in terms of social welfare provision, New Zealand has become the neo-liberal "experiment" of the fully "marketised" society in the 1990s. Against the theoretical background of educational theory and practice, this book examines neo-liberalism and its critiques as responses to the so-called crisis of the welfare state and argues for a reformulated critical social policy in the postmodern condition. The conclusions about social policy drawn by the authors can be generalized to similar situations in other Western capitalist countries.

General

Imprint:	RoutledgeFalmer
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 1996
First published:	1996
Authors:	Michael Peters • James Marshall
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	248
ISBN-13:	978-0-7507-0485-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies
LSN:	0-7507-0485-3
Barcode:	9780750704854

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