Katharyne Mitchell is Dean of the Division of Social Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is author and editor of several books, including Practicising Public Scholarship (2008).

• AcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsSeries PrefacePart I: Geographies of Work and Education1. Spatial Divisions of Labor and the Search for Jobs2. Creating the Entrepreneurial ChildPart II: Flexible Work, Strategic Workers3. From Multicultural Citizen to Global Businessman4. Geographies of Lifelong Learning and the Knowledge Economy (co-authored with Key MacFarlane) 5. Global Restructuring and Challenges to Citizenship Part III: The Reform Coalition 6. Market Philanthropy in Education7. The Choice Machine and the Road to Privatization (co-authored with Key MacFarlane)Part IV: Geographies of Resistance, Acts of Citizenship8. Taking Back our Schools and Cities9. Conclusion: Paying Deep AttentionNotesIndex

'Katharyne Mitchell's Making Workers is an exemplary analysis of the structural forces, networks, discourses, and practices shaping educational systems from compulsory education through to higher education, including life-long learning. Given the importance of education systems to the production of citizens as well as the work-force, Mitchell’s book is a must-read for all interested in the future of economy and society'

Katharyne Mitchell is Dean of the Division of Social Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is author and editor of several books, including Practicising Public Scholarship (2008).

• AcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsSeries PrefacePart I: Geographies of Work and Education1. Spatial Divisions of Labor and the Search for Jobs2. Creating the Entrepreneurial ChildPart II: Flexible Work, Strategic Workers3. From Multicultural Citizen to Global Businessman4. Geographies of Lifelong Learning and the Knowledge Economy (co-authored with Key MacFarlane) 5. Global Restructuring and Challenges to Citizenship Part III: The Reform Coalition 6. Market Philanthropy in Education7. The Choice Machine and the Road to Privatization (co-authored with Key MacFarlane)Part IV: Geographies of Resistance, Acts of Citizenship8. Taking Back our Schools and Cities9. Conclusion: Paying Deep AttentionNotesIndex

'Katharyne Mitchell's Making Workers is an exemplary analysis of the structural forces, networks, discourses, and practices shaping educational systems from compulsory education through to higher education, including life-long learning. Given the importance of education systems to the production of citizens as well as the work-force, Mitchell’s book is a must-read for all interested in the future of economy and society'

Katharyne Mitchell is Dean of the Division of Social Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is author and editor of several books, including Practicising Public Scholarship (2008).

• AcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsSeries PrefacePart I: Geographies of Work and Education1. Spatial Divisions of Labor and the Search for Jobs2. Creating the Entrepreneurial ChildPart II: Flexible Work, Strategic Workers3. From Multicultural Citizen to Global Businessman4. Geographies of Lifelong Learning and the Knowledge Economy (co-authored with Key MacFarlane) 5. Global Restructuring and Challenges to Citizenship Part III: The Reform Coalition 6. Market Philanthropy in Education7. The Choice Machine and the Road to Privatization (co-authored with Key MacFarlane)Part IV: Geographies of Resistance, Acts of Citizenship8. Taking Back our Schools and Cities9. Conclusion: Paying Deep AttentionNotesIndex

'Katharyne Mitchell's Making Workers is an exemplary analysis of the structural forces, networks, discourses, and practices shaping educational systems from compulsory education through to higher education, including life-long learning. Given the importance of education systems to the production of citizens as well as the work-force, Mitchell’s book is a must-read for all interested in the future of economy and society'