Meaningful Inconsistencies - Bicultural Nationhood, the Free Market, and Schooling in Aotearoa/New Zealand (Hardcover)

School differentiates students-and provides differential access to various human and material resources-along a range of axes: from elected subjects and academic "achievement" to ethnicity, age, gender, or the language they speak. These categorizations, affected throughout the world by neoliberal reforms that prioritize market forces in transforming educational institutions, are especially stark in societies that recognize their bi- or multicultural makeup through bilingual education. A small town in Aotearoa/New Zealand, with its contemporary shift toward official biculturalism and extensive free-marketization of schooling, is a prime example. Set in the microcosm of a secondary school with a bilingual program, this important volume closely examines not only the implications of categorizing individuals in ethnic terms in their everyday life but also the shapes and meaning of education within the discourse of academic achievement. It is an essential resource for those interested in bilingual education and its effects on the formations of subjectivities, ethnic relations, and nationhood.

General

Imprint:	Berghahn Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2009
Authors:	Neriko Musha Doerr
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	242
ISBN-13:	978-1-84545-609-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Schools > Secondary schools > General
LSN:	1-84545-609-2
Barcode:	9781845456092

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