ERIC Number: EJ1084887
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Jan
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-0895-9048
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Not Just Another Alternative School
Gulson, Kalervo N.; Webb, P. Taylor
Educational Policy, v30 n1 p153-170 Jan 2016
In this article, we problematize the establishment of an Africentric Alternative School in Toronto, Canada. We argue that policy, and race and racializations cannot be understood outside of, or immune to, neoliberalism. We contend that policy is a form of racial biopolitics, and race is now produced through neoliberal markets, in conjunction with earlier, liberal categories. We conclude that neoliberalism has produced new forms of racial biopolitics; whereas the state is much less overtly involved in producing and arranging racializations. Instead, neoliberal education policy has transferred or downloaded these forms of racial biopolitics onto populations which are now "free" and "empowered" to produce and maintain variable raciologies.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nontraditional Education, Educational Policy, Afrocentrism, Race, Neoliberalism, Institutional Characteristics, Politics of Education, Commercialization, Racial Bias, Educational History
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada (Toronto)
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