| E-mail: | ajwrigu |
| Office hours: | Monday 15.00-16.30 |
| Website address: | http://essex.academia.edu/AdamWright |
| Qualifications: | BA International Relations and Politics (Essex)
MA Ideology and Discourse Analysis (Essex) |
| Research interests: | UK Education Policy under New Labour; social effects of marketisation in public services; Marxist and post-Marxist theory; radical political economy; mapping links between community economics and radical democracy; racism and the anti-fascist movement in Britain.
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| Teaching responsibilities: | GV201 Introduction to Political Theory |
| Publications: |
(2011) 'Fantasies of Empowerment: mapping neoliberal discourse in the coalition government’s schools policy' Journal of Education Policy, 26(6)
(2011) "The prospects for radical democracy in community economy projects" Papeles de Relaciones Ecosociales y Cambio Global, No. 113 |
| Supervisor: | Dr. Jason Glynos |
| Thesis title: | New Labour discourse in education policy and its impact on youth identity in Secondary School |
| Conferences/presentations: |
(2011) ‘Micropolitics and the Complexity of Educational Practice', Presented at Essex Critical Political Theory Conference, June 2011
(2010) 'Fantasies of Empowerment: Mapping Neoliberal Discourse in the Coalition Government’s Education Policy' Presented at 4th GraduateSchool Conference, Univeristy of Bradford, October 2010
(2010) 'The school as an arena of political contestation: towards a post-Marxist account of education' Presented at Essex Critical Political Theory Conference, University of Essex, June 2010 |