Market elements in a public service: an analytical model for studying educational policy

1 November 1996

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Education Policy

Vol. 11 (6) , 641-653
https://doi.org/10.1080/0268093960110601

Abstract

In studying market‐orientated reforms in education, there is a need to explain and account for their impact.¹ In this paper, we aim to provide a conceptual framework (the public‐market) applicable to educational policies that incorporate parental choice and school autonomy as important components of the provision of schooling. This offers, we suggest, a sociologically informed framework within which theorising about market‐orientated reforms can be located. The purpose underlying its construction is analytical: that is, its purpose is not to advocate or provide a rationale for market‐orientated reforms, but to assist in understanding and accounting for their consequences.

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