Neoliberalism, Inequality and Education

Edited by Jenny Chesters, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Melbourne, Australia

• Contents1 Introduction to Neoliberalism, Inequality and Education:inequity by design 1Jenny Chesters2 The impact of neoliberal policies on the educationalopportunities and outcomes of Finnish youth 21Tero Järvinen3 Durable inequality: an historical sociology of ambivalentneoliberalisation in French education 37Quentin Maire4 Countering educational inequality: a case-study of the IrishDEIS programme 61Emer Smyth and Merike Darmody5 School choice policies: how inequity in school fundingexacerbates inequality in educational outcomes in Australia 77Jenny Chesters6 Education inequalities and employment outcomes in post-liberalization Egypt 94Shireen AlAzzawi and Vladimir Hlasny7 Neoliberal policies and higher education in post-socialistMongolia 118Orkhon Gantogtokh and Lesley Andres8 Educational equity in Singapore: meritocracy vs parentocracy 138Stanley Hak-Hiang Koh9 Inequality in children’s educational wellbeing during theCOVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh 161Haridhan Goswami, M. Ibrahim Khalil, Gour GobindaGoswami and Bijoy Krishna Banik10 Concluding remarks: how neoliberalism disrupts social justiceand equity in education 181Jenny Chesters

‘Neoliberalism, Inequality and Education: Inequity by Design is a timely addition to literature on public policy and educational inequality. With case studies of Mongolia, Egypt, and Bangladesh, alongside Finland, Singapore, Ireland, France and Australia, the book offers thoughtful insights about how diverse institutional and policy settings influence inequalities in educational access and attainment.’