Open AccessOn the capitalisation of schools in England
Author(s) -
Glenn Rikowski Glenn
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
teoria e prática da educação
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2237-8707
pISSN - 1415-837X
DOI - 10.4025/tpe.v22i3.50943
Subject(s) - commodification , subversion , context (archaeology) , constitution , sociology , political science , law and economics , law , economy , economics , history , archaeology , politics
This article outlines some ideas that can be used in a project of educational subversion that seeks to relate particular educational phenomena to the constitution of capitalist society. These phenomena are elements of what I have previously (RIKOWSKI, 2003b; 2005c) called the ‘business takeover of schools’. Indeed, I have never really provided a sustained account of what I mean by this term, and how it relates to other concepts such as privatisation and commodification. Thus, I shall do so now in the context of certain developments in the schools system in England – which has been an interest of mine since 1997.