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Individualism and community : education and social policy in the postmodern condition /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Peters, Michael (Michael A.), 1948-
Other Authors: Marshall, James (James D.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; Washington, D.C. : Falmer Press, 1996.
Series:New prospects series ; 4.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; List of Figures; Introduction: The Crisis of the Welfare State in the Postmodern Condition; Social Policy and the Move to Community; Democracy and Community-based Social Policy; Welfare and the Future of Community: The New Zealand Experiment; The New Right Reforms of Education; The Politics of Choice: Public Choice Theory and the Autonomous Chooser; Children of Rogernomics: The New Right, Individualism and the Culture of Narcissism; From Education to Evaluation: The Ideal Learning Community.