Language, Education and Neoliberalism - Critical Studies in Sociolinguistics

This book presents an empirical account of how neoliberal ideas are adopted on the ground by different actors in different educational settings. It aims to produce a complex understanding of how neoliberal rationalities are articulated within locally anchored and historical regimes of knowledge on language, education and society.

About the author

Mi-Cha Flubacher works in the Department of Linguistics, University of Vienna, Austria. Her research interests include language and work, and language and migration/integration.
Alfonso Del Percio works in the UCL Institute of Education, University College London, UK. His research interests include language and work, and language and political economy.

Summary

This book presents an empirical account of how neoliberal ideas are adopted on the ground by different actors in different educational settings. It aims to produce a complex understanding of how neoliberal rationalities are articulated within locally anchored and historical regimes of knowledge on language, education and society.

Product details

• Assisted by: Alfonso Del Percio (Editor), Mi-Cha Flubacher (Editor)
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9781783098682
• ISBN: 978-1-78309-868-2
• No. of pages: 266
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 216 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 458 g
• Series: Critical Language and Literacy Studies; Critical Language and Literacy; Critical Language and Literacy Studies; Critical Language and Literacy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Migration, Einwanderung und Auswanderung, Bildungsstrategien und -politik, Soziolinguistik