Catherine Casey

Economy, Work, and Education

Critical Connections

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Economy, Work and Education: Critical Connections addresses effects of neoliberal capitalism in particular regard to work and education. It reveals limits and paradoxes in macroeconomic policy imperatives toward knowledge-based economies and learning societies and elaborates ensuing critical concerns and dilemmas. It concludes with an exploration of innovative conceptions of social citizenship which may stimulate sources of a revitalization of work and education beyond singular economic imperatives.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juli 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780415886710
• ISBN-10: 0415886716
• Artikelnr.: 30626075

Autorenporträt

Catherine Casey is a sociologist and Professor of Organization and Society at the University of Leicester, United Kingdom. She was formerly at the School of Business and Economics at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Critical Reflections on Economy and Society 2. A Liberal Economy of
Knowledge 3. Work Now: The Forces of Production 4. A New Economy for
Education 5. Labour Markets, Organizations and the Utility of Education 6.
Critical Dilemmas for Work, Education and Workers 7. Citizens and Society,
Work and Education