英文摘要 |
This essay looks at the complex relation between neoliberalism, social class, race, gender, and education. We first review some major general critiques of neoliberalism from David Harvey, Aihwa Ong, and Stuart Hall to highlight the importance of understanding neoliberalism from political-economic, cultural, and sociological perspectives. We then take school choice reforms as an example to discuss the practices, effects, and implications of neoliberalism in education. Drawing on the growing number of critical educational studies that examine neoliberal agendas of “choice”, we point out that neoliberalism works through social class, racial, and gender forms, and thus it has differential effects that are not reducible to each other. Finally, we call for much greater attention to local struggles against neoliberalism and to processes that counter neoliberal hegemonic processes.
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