The State, Business and Education: Public-Private Partnerships Revisited

• Main Author: Alexandra Draxler (auth)
• Other Authors: Gita Steiner-Khamsi (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: No linguistic content, Not applicable
• Published: Edward Elgar Publishing 2018
• Series: NORRAG Series on International Education and Development
• Subjects: Education; education; privatization; human rights; standardization; public-private partnership; policy
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Businesses, philanthropies and non-profit entities are increasingly successful in capturing public funds to support private provision of schooling in developed and developing countries. Coupled with market-based reforms that include weak regulation, control over workforces, standardization of proces...