Ruth Rikowski
DISCUSSION ON THE
EDUCATION WHITE PAPER FOR ENGLAND AND EXTENSIONS OF THE COMMODIFICATION PROCESS
IN LIBRARIES AND SCHOOLS
This, rather long title, pertains to the only paper / article written by us (Ruth
and Glenn Rikowski) jointly. It appeared in the winter 2005/06 edition of Information for Social Change, Issue 22.
We were both mightily concerned with processes and policies relating to the
commodification of public services at the time, with Ruth focusing on libraries
and Glenn on schools in England.
Furthermore, at the time, both of us were interested in the
international dimension to the commodification of public services.
Specifically, we were concerned with the likely impact of the World Trade
Organization’s (WTO) General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). This joint
interest brought us together in a practical political sense too, when we became
members of Attac London in 2000 and along with others organised a conference on
the commodification of state services.
Of course, these topics have gained renewed importance with
the current development of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
(TTIP). Maybe the halting of significant advances in the WTO’s GATS process
since Seattle 1999 in some way precipitated this development.
It is a shame that we have not written more together, and
this is something that we aim to rectify in the future.
Meanwhile, this ‘Discussion’ piece can now be found at Academia:
For Glenn, it is
at: http://www.academia.edu/12010645/Discussion_on_the_Education_White_Paper_for_England_and_Extensions_of_the_Commodification_Process_in_Libraries_and_Schools
For Ruth, it is
at:
Glenn Rikowski’s
papers and articles at Academia can be viewed at: http://independent.academia.edu/GlennRikowski
Ruth Rikowski’s
papers and articles at Academia can be viewed at: http://lsbu.academia.edu/RuthRikowski
Ruth and Glenn Rikowski
London
September 2015
Glenn Rikowski
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