Global Neoliberalism and Education and Its Consequences : Routledge : 9780415957748 : 0415957745 : 21 Nov 2008 : In this groundbreaking critique of neoliberalism in schooling and education, an international cast of education policy analysts, educational activists and scholars deftly analyze the ideologies underlying the global, national and local neoliberalisation of schooling and education.  The thrilling scholarship that makes up Global Neoliberalism and Education and its Consequences exposes the machinations, agenda and impacts of the privatising and 'merchandisation' of education by the World Bank, the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), biased think tanks, global and national corporations and capital, and the full political spectrum of Neoliberal governments. Including such topics as the increasing polarization of  racialized and gendered social classes as a consequence of neoliberal policies, the role and shape of markets and education in the era of globalised Capitali