Education Policy: Globalization, Citizenship & Democracy Mark Olssen, John Codd, Anne-Marie O'Neill This book provides an international perspective on education policy, and on the role and function of education in the global economy. It presents a Foucaldian perspective on the politics of liberal education within a theoretical framework necessary for the critical analysis of education policy. The authors set out the analyses necessary for understanding the restructuring in education and social policy that has occurred in many countries affected by the resurgence of neo-liberal political theory. They argue that globalization is an extension of neo-liberalism and is destructive of the nation state, community and democracy, whilst highlighting the importance of education in building strong democratic nation states and global communities based on cultural identity and inter-cultural awareness. Education Policy will be essential reading for students of education policy studies and social policy analysis.