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Schools and emergency feeding in a national crisis in the United Kingdom: subterranean class strategies.

Authors :
Preston, John
Source :
British Journal of Sociology of Education; Jun2023, Vol. 44 Issue 4, p631-648, 18p
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

The role of 'class strategies' in policy formation is sometimes unseen as plans are unrealised in practice over long periods of historical time. 'Subterranean class strategies' are an extension of existing work on class to consider 'class work' on policy in the 'long unenacted'. Using the example of emergency feeding in a national crisis, the stark difference in school meal planning for post-World War 2 emergencies when compared to the COVID-19 crisis is discussed. Through an analysis of archival records, it is shown that 'subterranean class strategies' - the devaluation of school catering expertise by the army and the private sector, the lack of co-operation of independent schools, and localisation and privatisation - diminished the role of schools in emergency feeding. The paper concludes by considering how the concept of 'subterranean class strategies' could inform work on educational think tanks, privatisation and subsumption, and intersectional areas such as race. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
01425692
Volume :
44
Issue :
4
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
British Journal of Sociology of Education
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
164054113
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2023.2187299