Governing through parents: a genealogical enquiry of education policy and the construction of neoliberal subjectivities in England.

In this paper we explore the various spaces and sites through which the figure of the parent is summoned to inhabit and perform market norms and practices in the field of education in England. Since the late 1970s successive governments have called on parents to enact certain duties and obligations...

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Published in:Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education Vol. 38; no. 4; pp. 573 - 590
Main Authors: Olmedo, Antonio, Wilkins, Andrew
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Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Aug2017
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