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List of tables List of contributors Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Introduction: Education in India between the state and market – concepts framing the new discourse: quality, efficiency, accountability RAHUL MUKHOPADHYAY AND PADMA M. SARANGAPANI PART I Conceptual papers 1 Public, private and education in India: a historical overview MANISH JAIN 2 Markets, state and quality in education: reflections on genuine educational markets CHRISTOPHER WINCH 3 Normative articulations of the aims of education: an exploratory analysis ARCHANA MEHENDALE 4 Regulatory state and the diversified private ARCHANA MEHENDALE AND RAHUL MUKHOPADHYAY 5 Recovering the practice and profession of teaching PADMA M. SARANGAPANI, RAHUL MUKHOPADHYAY, PARUL AND MANISH JAIN 6 Notes on quality in education PADMA M. SARANGAPANI PART II Empirical studies 7 Hyderabad’s education market PADMA M. SARANGAPANI 8 Schools, market and citizenship in Delhi MANISH JAIN 9 Curriculum as a dimension of quality: its production and management in schools in Hyderabad SAKSHI KAPOOR 10 Management of home–school relationship: role of school principals in low-fee private schools POONAM SHARMA 11 School quality: parent perspectives and schooling choices ELEANOR GURNEY 12 Teaching because it matters: beliefs and practices of government school teachers NIHARIKA SHARMA AND PADMA M. SARANGAPANI Index