Unpopular Education

Published in the year 2006, Unpopular Education is a valuable contribution to the field of Media and Cultural Studies. Preface Part 1: Social democracy: the making 1. Perspectives on schooling and politics 2. Popular dilemmas, radical strategies and the inter-war Labour Party 3. Conservatism, citizenship and the 1944 settlement 4. Origins of the 1960s' settlement Part 2: Social democracy: the limits Introduction 5. Great expectations: the noise and practice of reform 6. The sociology of education: a critique 7. Schooling, skilling and social relations Conclusion Part 3: Social democracy: the breaking 8. Recession, protest and absent defence 9. Turning the tables: the Conservative education offensive 10. Labour's appropriation: the Great Debate and after 11. The rise of the Manpower Services Commission By no means concluded Notes and references Index