Revue Des Sciences Humaines
Volume 35, Numéro 1, Pages 151-157
2024-06-10
The Refutation Of British Post-war Consensus Theory: The Socialist Education Ideal
Authors : Azoui Samih .
Abstract
This article explored the post-war British official commitment to the foundation of a universal system of education in response to the socialist ideal of "secondary education for all" as publicised by R. H. Tawney. The objective was to take exception to the well-established literature of British politics of ‘consensus’ by means of gathering the necessary data to unveil the usually disregarded politics of ‘conflict’ between the two major British political parties during the years of political consensus. The approach was structural functionalist and the focus was on the interplay of the dominant and assertive groups of power (Conservatives vs. Labour) with their respective educational agendas that instigated educational reforms. The analysis showed that the socialist-inspired educational reforms were introduced in a spirit of political ‘conflict’, not ‘consensus’, and that the educational changes brought about were in favour of the dominant, not assertive, group.
Keywords
conflict ; consensus ; dominant ; assertive ; tripartite division
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