Sect. I. Reinventing government. 1. Competent citizens and limited truths / Ian Hunter and Denise Meredyth. 2. Education and economy: A review of main assertions / Gerald Burke -- Sect. II. Education design and class formation. 3. Competition in Australian higher education since 1987: intended and unintended effects / Simon Marginson. 4. From lucky country to clever country: leadership, schooling and the formation of Australian elites / Peter Gronn. 5. Competition, education and class formation / Mark Western -- Sect. II. Redesigning education. 6. Institutions with designs: consuming school children / Jane Kenway and Lindsay Fitzclarence. 7. Gender, teaching and institutional change: an historical perspective / Marjorie Theobald. 8. The social and organisational renorming of education / Lawrence Angus and Terri Seddon -- Sect. IV. Rethinking the education government nexus. 9. The politics of postpatrimonial governance / Anna Yeatman. 10. Beyond nostalgia: institutional design and alternative futures / Terri Seddon and Lawrence Angus
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A thorough analysis of change in Australian education. Featuring contributions from 12 education professionals, it examines the effects of reform and restructuring throughout the sector to thereby map the possibilities for the ongoing redesign of Australian education.