The Accumulation Economy of Private Schools: Extraction, Mystification and Depletion
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| Title: | The Accumulation Economy of Private Schools: Extraction, Mystification and Depletion |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Jane Kenway, Rebecca Boden, Malcolm James |
| Source: | Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education. 2024 45(3):346-362. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 17 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Descriptors: | Foreign Countries, Private Schools, Educational Finance, Federal Aid, Private Education, Public Education, Taxes, Economic Factors, Political Influences |
| Geographic Terms: | Australia |
| DOI: | 10.1080/01596306.2024.2335003 |
| ISSN: | 0159-6306 1469-3739 |
| Abstract: | Too few studies of elite private schools consider how they derive power and prestige from their relationships and interactions with other social and political groups and institutions, including the State. This paper contributes to elite school studies by examining the relationality between the Australian State and private sector schools around how government funds public and private education. Of all Australian students, 35.5% attend private schools. All private schools, including elite schools, receive significant amounts of taxpayers' money. After explaining the complex policy architecture of this funding regime, this paper offers a fresh set of conceptual resources to help deepen the analysis of this situation. We argue that the whole Australian private school sector operates as an accumulation economy, essentially utilising public sector resources to enlarge, enrich and sustain itself. This happens via three dynamics -- accumulation by extraction, by mystification and by depletion. We show how elite schools are part of, and benefit from, each. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1423738 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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