This book challenges the practice of exclusion by uncovering its roots in 19th century social and educational policy targeting poor children. Revealing a hidden history of exclusion, this analysis exposes the connections between the state, the education system and social policy, and opens a space for radical alternatives.

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Francesca Ashurst is Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University, UK. 
 
Couze Venn is Visiting Professor at Goldsmiths, University of London, and Associate Research Fellow at Johannesburg University.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: Elements for a Political Economy of Exclusion 2. Pauperism, Delinquency, and Learning to Labour 3. Labour, Poverty and the Export of Destitute Children as 'Waste' 4. Security, Population and the New Management of the Poor 5. Disciplining and Punishment: the New Exclusionary Regime Emerges 6. Ragged Schools, Child-Centred Education and the Struggle for Egalitarian Politics 7. Mettray: Normalisation or Rescue? 8. The Institutionalisation of Exclusion within Education 9. 'No More Excuses' Neoliberalism and the New Exclusion