The neoliberal regime in English higher education: charters, consumers and the erosion of the public good

Critical Studies in Education

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 208-223

  Naidoo, Rajani ^a   Williams, Joanna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bourdieu; educational policy; higher education; inequality social exclusion in education; neoconservatism neoliberalism; social class

Indexed keywords

EID: 84933182861     PISSN: 17508487     EISSN: 17508495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17508487.2014.939098     Document Type: Article

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