New Right/neoliberalism flashcards + criticisms

3 neoliberalism core ideas

1. Globalisation

2. Individualisation

3. Free market capitalism

3 aspects of globalisation

1. Promotion of global free trade

2. Promotion of multinational cooperations

3. Promotion of international market competition

3 aspects of individualisation

1. Responsibility on individuals rather than state

2. Reduction of welfare

3. Encouragement of self-sufficiency

3 aspects of FMC

1. Minimal state intervention

2. Deregulation of markets

3. Privatisation of public services

Thatcher quote re. society

"There is no such thing as society; there are individual men and women, and there are families."

Thatcher quote re. socialism

“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.”

2 problems with education

1. Irresponsive

2. Inefficient

Reasons education has problems

• The ‘one size fits all’ approach needs to be disregarded and means local people have no say

• Schools waste money and get poor results

  • This leads to a low standard of achievement → less qualified workforce → less prosperous economy

NR solution to issues with education

• Marketise it!

Reasons marketisation improves education

• Competition empowers customers → greater diversity and better ability to meet the needs of parents, pupils and employers

Chubb and Moe (1990) - 3 roles of the state in education

1. Impose framework on schools, within which they have to compete

2. Ensure schools transmit a shared culture (through a national curriculum, by chance?)

3. Affirm ✝ national identity

Chubb and Moe (1990) - 3 reasons for failure of state-run education

1. Hasn’t created equal opportunity

2. Failed needs of disadvantaged groups

3. Fails to provide pupils with the skills needed by the economy

Chubb and Moe (1990) - reasons independent schools are better

• Answerable to paying customers

Low-income pupils do -% better in independent schools than in state schools

5%

Chubb and Moe (1990) - solution to issues with state-run education

• Give each parent a voucher to spend on their child’s education

  • Vouchers would be the main source of the school’s income, forcing them to be responsive to parental wishes

CRITICISMS of marketisation:

Gerwirtz (1995) and Ball (1994)

• Benefits M/C due to economic and cultural capital

2 CRITICISMS

1. Low standards are due to social inequality and inadequate funding, not state control

2. The national curriculum and parent choice are contradictory

CRITICISM:

Marxist

• Education doesn’t impose a shared national culture, but that of the dominant minority ruling class

• Devalues W/C and ethnic minority groups