Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : education in India between the state and market -- concepts framing the new discourse : quality, efficiency, accountability / Rahul Mukhopadhyay and Padma M. Sarangapani -- pt. I. Conceptual papers -- 1. Public, private and education in India : a historical overview / Manish Jain -- 2. Markets, state and quality in education : reflections on genuine educational markets / Christopher Winch -- 3. Normative articulations of the aims of education: an exploratory analysis / Archana Mehendale -- 4. Regulatory state and the diversified private / Archana Mehendale and Rahul Mukhopadhyay -- 5. Recovering the practice and profession of teaching / Padma M. Sarangapani, Rahul Mukhopadhyay, Parul and Manish Jain -- 6. Notes on quality in education / Padma M. Sarangapani -- pt. II. Empirical studies -- 7. Hyderabad's education market / Padma M. Sarangapani -- 8. Schools, market and citizenship in Delhi / Manish Jain -- 9. Curriculum as a dimension of quality : its production and management in schools in Hyderabad / Sakshi Kapoor -- 10. Management of home-school relationship: role of school principals in low-fee private schools / Poonam Sharma -- 11. School quality : parent perspectives and schooling choices / Eleanor Gurney -- 12. Teaching because it matters : beliefs and practices of government school teachers / Niharika Sharma and Padma M. Sarangapani.

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