Abstract
How not to be a Hypocrite: School Choice for the Morally Perplexed Parent. Adam Swift. London, Routledge, 2003. Pp. 189. Pbk. £9.99. This is a book-length argument. The argument is sustained over 174 pages, and if you are unconvinced by page 30 you are likely to be fairly irritated by page 100, if indeed you get that far. On the other hand, if you are convinced by page 30, you hardly need to finish the book either. Having said this, it is no bad thing that the argument for state education has been cogently, if long-windedly, expressed. The writing is lucid and non-academic. It is a feature of his style that Swift constantly fields objections, introducing many paragraphs with phrases like: ‘The point is simple’, ‘The lesson is this’, ‘Hang on a minute’, ‘It’s important to be honest about this’, ‘I’ll happily concede…’. Each chapter is summarised in a concluding final section, and the conclusions of the book as a whole are summarised in the final chapter. A canny reader could do worse than read the conclusions and skip the rest.
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