Understanding Education and Economics : Key Debates and Critical Perspectives (Hardcover)

1. Introduction: How can we Make Sense of the Influence of Economics in Education? 2.Economics: Introducing key concepts and economics education 3. Elementary Education and Child Labour: From economic to ecological histories of modern childhood 4. Authority and Trust beyond Neoliberalism. A critical reflection on education as useful for the economy 5. Illusions of 'Choice' in Education: Shaping the neoliberal subject in the UK 6. An Exploration of Human Capital Theory and its Impact on the World of Education 7. Inequalities, Precariousness and Education: Schooling precarious workers 8. The Economics of the University: Knowledge, the market and the state 9. Undoing the Co-option of Education through Engaged Pedagogy: A Pakistani case study 10. Concluding Remarks on the Importance of Criticality in Uncertain Times