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Original Articles

‘Parental choice’, consumption and social theory: The operation of micro‐markets in education

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Pages 38-52 | Published online: 21 Jun 2010
 

Abstract

Using key writings in the sociology of consumption and consumerism and analyses of the nature of postmodern society, this paper considers how parents decide upon a secondary school and the nature of their engagement with the education market.

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