This work attempts a comparative description and analysis, focusing on the US, the UK and Australia on the topic of the Right, educational policy and schooling.
1: Defining and describing the Right 2: The Right, the rise of the influence of neoliberalism and globalisation in school education policy 3: The Right, government school fiscal austerity and school education policy 4: The Right and the privatization of school education 5: The rise of the Christian Right and its role in school education 6: The Right and the media shaping school education policy 7: The Right and religious freedom in schools Conclusions: Bringing it all together
Grant Rodwell was a school principal in Tasmania (1980-87). From 1987 he has lectured, researched, and held various administrative roles in Australian universities in Education and in Arts and Social Sciences. Holding five PhDs, he is currently an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at The University of Newcastle. This is his fifth book published by Routledge.