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Educating the national citizen in neoliberal times: from the multicultural self to the strategic cosmopolitan.
- Source :
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Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers . 2003, Vol. 28 Issue 4, p387-403. 17p. - Publication Year :
- 2003
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Abstract
- The paper is a broad, comparative investigation of shifts in the educational rhetoric and policy of three countries over the past two decades. Using England, Canada and the United States as case studies, I argue that the spirit of multiculturalism in education has shifted from a concern with the formation of tolerant and democratic national citizens who can work with and through difference, to a more strategic use of diversity for competitive advantage in the global marketplace. This shift is directly linked with and helps to facilitate the entrenchment of neoliberalism as it supports a privatization agenda, reduces the costs of social reproduction for the government, and aids in the constitution of subjects oriented to individual survival and/or success in the global economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *EDUCATION policy
*MULTICULTURALISM
*CITIZENSHIP
*PRIVATIZATION
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00202754
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 11558137
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0020-2754.2003.00100.x