...This chapter takes up the boundary metaphor through an exploration of the relationships between families and education services. It explores the ‘push and pull’ around the boundaries between families and professional educators. The study involved 19 adult members of working-class families. Based...

... in early intervention: business, politicians and professionals, and their interlinked alliances and partnerships. It examines how corporate money, power, and influence have pervaded various children's services, from child protection work to family and early intervention initiatives to education services...

..., examining the use of the market, catchment areas, and also the allocation of school places by lottery. The third part of the chapter outlines the different faces of consumerism and citizen participation in education. It draws conclusions about the involvement of citizen-consumers in education services...

...This chapter focuses on the development and fragmentation of international education services which transcend national borders. It observes that it is reflected in the the growth of multinational education businesses and new policy assemblages. It further observes that the chapter's usage...