Open AccessEducation, the Nation State and the Global Economy
Author(s) -
Phillip Brown,
Hugh Lauder
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
new zealand annual review of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1178-3311
pISSN - 1171-3283
DOI - 10.26686/nzaroe.v0i5.1110
Subject(s) - aotearoa , poverty , state (computer science) , context (archaeology) , economic justice , competition (biology) , economics , political science , political economy , sociology , development economics , economic growth , neoclassical economics , geography , law , ecology , archaeology , algorithm , computer science , biology
There is a consensus amongst policy makers that education can provide the solution to the fundamental problem of liberal democracies – how to reconcile social justice with economic efficiency at a time when income and wealth are being polarised in Anglophone-dominated societies like Aotearoa New Zealand. This presents a paradox, since it is well understood that children living in poverty are likely to under-perform in education. Moreover, the standard explanation for the polarisation of income in terms of the global demand for skill is itself deficient. This paper explores the nature of this paradox, and the inadequate account given for polarisation of income, as a first step towards the development of an alternative agenda which is more likely to meet the goals of justice and efficiency in the context of the new global competition.