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Poverty, Regulation and New Forms of Educational Exclusion

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This chapter will explore how austerity in the UK has accelerated a process already started by previous governments to reshape welfare policies and thus reshape the experiences and opportunities for education of families and children. This process, shaped by neoliberal ideas reshapes the purpose of education to construct individuals ready for economic autonomy. At the same time, the education system is regulated through the successful performativity to produce economically autonomous citizens. Childhood is increasingly commodified, and children living in households that are struggling as a result of austerity measures are progressively more unable to take opportunities both within and outside of school. The chapter will explore the neoliberal backdrop of austerity policies and explore the impacts on specific families and children and their education.

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Gilligan, K. (2018). Poverty, Regulation and New Forms of Educational Exclusion. In: Rushton, P., Donovan, C. (eds) Austerity Policies . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-79120-3_7

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