Question

What is marketisation in sociology 2 ?

Answer 1

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The first way is that although open enrolement gave parents the right to choose more than one school, technically giving all parents the right to choose the ‘best schools’, middle class children have more effective choice than working class parents.

Development/ analysis: This is because middle class parents have more cultural capital than working class parents – they are more comfortable with reading school literature, attending open evenings and filling in multiple application forms (where they can use their elaborated speech skills), while working class parents are less confident and just end up sending their children to the local schools.

Further development/ analysis: This is further compounded by the ‘school-parent alliance’ – schools want middle class children because they know they get better results, which

Answer 2

Marketisation refers to the use of market based solutions to solve social, political and economic problems.These include relaxation or removal of economic controls, privatisation of industries and removing government controls over wages and prices.