Neoliberal Education and the Redefinition of Democratic Practice in Chicago

• Main Author: Taylor, Kendall A. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: New Frontiers in Education, Culture, and Politics
• Subjects: Educational policy.; Education and state.; Social justice.; Human rights.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Educational sociology.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.; Sociology of Education.

The book uses Chicago as a case study to examine the cultural politics surrounding neoliberal education policy in general and the concomitant alterations to democratic practice in particular. After juxtaposing the numerous failures of neoliberal education policy and the language of democratic norms...