‘Parental choice’, consumption and social theory: The operation of micro‐markets in education
British Journal of Educational StudiesPublished 1 March 1994
Richard Bowe, Stephen J. Ball, Sharon Gewirtz
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Abstract Using key writings in the sociology of consumption and consumerism and analyses of the nature of postmodern society, this paper considers how parents decide upon a secondary school and the nature of their engagement with the education market. Key words: ChoiceConsumerismConsumptionMarketPostmodernismProduction
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Social SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
Consumer Culture and Postmodernism
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