TY - JOUR
T1 - Local states of emergency
T2 - the contradictions of neo-liberal governance in education in New Zealand
AU - Robertson, Susan
AU - Dale, Roger
PY - 2002/9
Y1 - 2002/9
N2 - In the present paper, we argue that neo-liberal governance regimes are deeply contradictory and that these contradictions are increasingly evident within the education sector. Drawing on a case study of the consequences restructuring in education in New Zealand, arguably a paradigm case of neo-liberal governance, we suggest the state is faced with a dilemma about how best to manage these tensions and contradictions within the framework of the political rafionality itself. One strategy is to isolate and localise these problems in order to contain and manage the risks associated with them. We identify five variants we argue can broadly be viewed as local states of emergency.
AB - In the present paper, we argue that neo-liberal governance regimes are deeply contradictory and that these contradictions are increasingly evident within the education sector. Drawing on a case study of the consequences restructuring in education in New Zealand, arguably a paradigm case of neo-liberal governance, we suggest the state is faced with a dilemma about how best to manage these tensions and contradictions within the framework of the political rafionality itself. One strategy is to isolate and localise these problems in order to contain and manage the risks associated with them. We identify five variants we argue can broadly be viewed as local states of emergency.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0036748570&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/0142569022000015472
DO - 10.1080/0142569022000015472
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0036748570
SN - 0142-5692
VL - 23
SP - 463
EP - 482
JO - British Journal of Sociology of Education
JF - British Journal of Sociology of Education
IS - 3
ER -