The dominant role played by the state in the financing, regulation, and provision of primary and secondary education reflects the widely-held belief that education is necessary for personal and societal well-being. The economic organization of education depends on political as well as market...

Higher education in the era of globalization and neoliberalism / Joyce E. Canaan and Wesley Shumar -- Managing knowledge: intellectual property, instructional design and the manufacturing of higher education / Jonathan T. Church -- Public good or private value: a critique of the commodification...