Population Policies and Education: Exploring the Contradictions of Neo-Liberal Globalisation

Autor/inn/en	Bovill, Catherine; Leppard, Margaret
Titel	Population Policies and Education: Exploring the Contradictions of Neo-Liberal Globalisation
Quelle	In: Globalisation, Societies and Education, 4 (2006) 3, S.393-414 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1476-7724
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Population Growth; Population Trends; Policy Analysis; Policy Formation; Global Approach; Developing Nations; Population Education; Context Effect; Political Attitudes; Convergent Thinking; Critical Theory; Foreign Countries; Politics of Education; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Population increase; Bevölkerungswachstum; Bevölkerungsprognose; Politikfeldanalyse; Politische Betätigung; Globales Denken; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Kritische Theorie; Ausland; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Großbritannien
Abstract	The world is increasingly characterised by profound income, health and social inequalities (Appadurai, 2000). In recent decades development initiatives aimed at reducing these inequalities have been situated in a context of increasing globalisation with a dominant neo-liberal economic orthodoxy. This paper argues that neo-liberal globalisation contains inherent contradictions regarding choice and uniformity. This is illustrated in this paper through an exploration of the impact of neo-liberal globalisation on population policies and programmes. The dominant neo-liberal economic ideology that has influenced development over the last few decades has often led to alternative global visions being overlooked. Many current population and development debates are characterised by polarised arguments with strongly opposing aims and views. This raises the challenge of finding alternatives situated in more middle ground that both identify and promote the socially positive elements of neo-liberalism and state intervention, but also to limit their worst excesses within the population field and more broadly. This paper concludes with a discussion outlining the positive nature of middle ground and other possible alternatives. (Contains 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10