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Perspectives on the Privatization of Public Schooling in England and Wales

John Fitz

Cardiff University

Thaker Hafid

Cardiff University

Introduced in the United Kingdom under neo-liberal Conservative administrations, the privatization of public education has been a major theme of the present Labour government’s education policy framework since 1997.Moreover, it has introduced policies that have facilitated the takeover by commercial and notfor-profit enterprises of state education. In this study, the authors examine the neo-liberal political and ideological origins of privatization and the forms it has taken under Conservative and Labour governments. They draw on documentary and interview data to explore Labour’s attachment to a policy direction that seems contradictory to its previous history and traditional values.

Key Words: privatization • public education • neo-liberal • United Kingdom • England and Wales • Private Finance Initiative

Educational Policy, Vol. 21, No. 1, 273-296 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0895904806297193
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