Introduction = 1
The Shape of Freedom = 7
The Language of Liberalism = 7
Classical Liberalism = 8
Welfare Liberalism = 11
Neo-liberalism = 13
The School Education Act 1999 = 19
An Act of Choice = 21
Freedom and The Act = 27
Discourse Analysis = 29
Questioning The Act = 29
Discourse Analysis = 31
Archaeology = 32
Archaeology and Discourse = 32
Archaeology and History = 37
Genealogy = 45
Power and Ethics = 55
Power = 58
Discipline = 58
Surveillance = 59
Examination = 60
Confession = 63
Bio-power = 65
Resistance = 72
Ethics = 75
Techniques of The Self = 79
Governmentality = 89
Political Rationality = 91
Pastoral Government = 97
Responsibility for The Self = 98
Knowledge of The Self = 101
Obedience of The Self = 102
The Rise of The Modern State = 104
The Art of Government = 105
The Reason for State = 105
The Theory of Police = 108
The Rise of Liberalism = 112
Governmentality and The Act = 116
The Deployment of Childhood/freedom = 119
The Ethics of Child Development = 125
Deploying Childhood Depravity = 125
Deploying Childhood Ignorance = 129
Deploying Childhood Innocence = 134
The Politics of Protection = 142
Deploying Childhood As Endangered = 143
Deploying Childhood As Dangerous = 147
Compulsory Schooling = 152
The Truth of The Responsible Parent = 154
The Pathological Parent = 159
The Shape of Freedom = 161
The Pathology of Dependency = 164
The Compulsory Education Period = 167
Authorised Persons = 169
School Attendance Officers = 173
Home Education Moderators = 174
The Use of Freedom = 180
The Pathology of Resistance = 181
The Power to Exempt = 182
The Advisory Panel = 186
The Cost of Childhood/freedom = 190
The Responsible Parent = 195
Subjects of Risk = 197
Dangerous Children = 197
Endangered Children = 201
A Matter of Choice = 208
The Local-intake School = 211
The Extra Cost Optional Component = 214
The Incorporated School Council = 219
The Education Consumer = 225
Thinking about The Responsible Parent = 227
The Findings = 230
The Truth of The Responsible Parent = 230
The Cost of Childhood/freedom = 233
The Education Consumer = 236
References = 239
Index = 253
The Shape of Freedom = 7
The Language of Liberalism = 7
Classical Liberalism = 8
Welfare Liberalism = 11
Neo-liberalism = 13
The School Education Act 1999 = 19
An Act of Choice = 21
Freedom and The Act = 27
Discourse Analysis = 29
Questioning The Act = 29
Discourse Analysis = 31
Archaeology = 32
Archaeology and Discourse = 32
Archaeology and History = 37
Genealogy = 45
Power and Ethics = 55
Power = 58
Discipline = 58
Surveillance = 59
Examination = 60
Confession = 63
Bio-power = 65
Resistance = 72
Ethics = 75
Techniques of The Self = 79
Governmentality = 89
Political Rationality = 91
Pastoral Government = 97
Responsibility for The Self = 98
Knowledge of The Self = 101
Obedience of The Self = 102
The Rise of The Modern State = 104
The Art of Government = 105
The Reason for State = 105
The Theory of Police = 108
The Rise of Liberalism = 112
Governmentality and The Act = 116
The Deployment of Childhood/freedom = 119
The Ethics of Child Development = 125
Deploying Childhood Depravity = 125
Deploying Childhood Ignorance = 129
Deploying Childhood Innocence = 134
The Politics of Protection = 142
Deploying Childhood As Endangered = 143
Deploying Childhood As Dangerous = 147
Compulsory Schooling = 152
The Truth of The Responsible Parent = 154
The Pathological Parent = 159
The Shape of Freedom = 161
The Pathology of Dependency = 164
The Compulsory Education Period = 167
Authorised Persons = 169
School Attendance Officers = 173
Home Education Moderators = 174
The Use of Freedom = 180
The Pathology of Resistance = 181
The Power to Exempt = 182
The Advisory Panel = 186
The Cost of Childhood/freedom = 190
The Responsible Parent = 195
Subjects of Risk = 197
Dangerous Children = 197
Endangered Children = 201
A Matter of Choice = 208
The Local-intake School = 211
The Extra Cost Optional Component = 214
The Incorporated School Council = 219
The Education Consumer = 225
Thinking about The Responsible Parent = 227
The Findings = 230
The Truth of The Responsible Parent = 230
The Cost of Childhood/freedom = 233
The Education Consumer = 236
References = 239
Index = 253