Specifically, the study seeks to add clarity to the way that ‘problems’ perceived to be in need of fixing are represented by this government and how such problematisations support the neoliberal agenda. Thus, its problematisations may be representative of a more general neoliberal means of approaching education policy. These are used to identify, analyse, and challenge the beliefs and values which underpin the education policy changes made by this particular government, the National-led coalition government, which is viewed as market fundamentalist or neoliberal in its approach. This methodology is overlaid by a critical realist theoretical perspective, whereby WPR analysis is supported through the use of Bourdieu’s thinking tools and Baudrillard's formulations of hyper-reality and Simulacra. This study draws on Bacchi’s ‘What is the Problem Represented to be’ (WPR) methodology of policy analysis, to explore the problem representations found in New Zealand’s National-led coalition Government’s discourse from 2008-2017.
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