Comparative Education: The Dialectic of the Global and the Local

Comparative Education: The Dialectic of the Global and the Local

Comparative Education: The Dialectic of the Global and the Local

Comparative Education: The Dialectic of the Global and the Local

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Overview

Now in its fourth edition, Comparative Education: The Dialectic of the Global and the Local remains the same groundbreaking book when it first debuted its collection of outstanding scholars in examining the changing transnational landscape of education. With the addition of new coeditor Stephen Franz, the book provides new perspectives on the dynamic interplay of global, national, and local forces as they shape the functions and outcomes of education systems. The book calls for a rethinking of the nation-state as the basic unit for analyzing school-society relations and emphasizes the need to study social movements in relation to educational reforms. It also emphasizes the value of feminist, postcolonial, and culturally sensitive perspectives for inquiry into the potential of education systems to contribute to individual development and social change. This new edition incorporates recent developments in scholarship, especially in education policy and practice, the impact of the global economic crisis, and a new chapter on education in the European Union.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781442217751
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 12/27/2012
Edition description: 4th Edition
Pages: 472
Product dimensions: 7.00(w) x 10.10(h) x 1.40(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Robert F. Arnove is Chancellor's Professor Emeritus of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington. He is also an honorary fellow and past president of the Comparative and International Education Society. Carlos Alberto Torres is professor of social sciences and comparative education, founding director of the Paulo Freire Institute, and division head, SSCE, of the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies (GSEIS) at the University of California, UCLA. Stephen Franz has a doctorate in Education Policy Studies from Indiana University and is an education consultant and research analyst focusing on topics related to equality of educational opportunities and outcomes. He has written extensively on education in Latin America.

Table of Contents


Introduction: Reframing Comparative Education: The Dialectic of the Global and the Local   Robert F. Arnove     1
Technocracy, Uncertainty, and Ethics: Comparative Education in an Era of Postmodernity and Globalization   Anthony Welch     21
Institutionalizing International Influence   Joel Samoff     47
The State, Social Movements, and Educational Reform   Raymond A. Morrow   Carlos Alberto Torres     79
Culture and Education   Vandra Lea Masemann     101
The Question of Identity from a Comparative Education Perspective   Christine Fox     117
Equality of Education: A Half-Century of Comparative Evidence Seen from a New Millennium   Joseph P. Farrell     129
Women's Education in the Twenty-First Century: Balance and Prospects   Nelly P. Stromquist     151
Control of Education: Issues and Tensions in Centralization and Decentralization   Mark Bray     175
Beyond Schooling: The Role of Adult and Community Education in Postcolonial Change   Anne Hickling-Hudson     197
The Political Economy of Educational Reform in Australia, England, and the United States   Edward H. Berman   Simon Marginson   Rosemary Preston   Robert F. Arnove     217
Higher EducationRestructuring in the Era of Globalization: Toward a Heteronomous Model?   Daniel Schugurensky     257
Education in Latin America: Dependency, Underdevelopment, and Inequality   Robert F. Arnove   Stephen Franz   Carlos Alberto Torres     277
Education in Asia: Globalization and its Effects   John N. Hawkins     295
Education in the Middle East: Challenges and Opportunities   Rachel Christina   Golnar Mehran   Shabana Mir     311
Russia and Eastern Europe   Maria Bucur   Ben Eklof     333
Education for All in Africa: Still a Distant Dream   Joel Samoff   Bidemi Carrol     357
Comparative Education: The Dialectics of Globalization and Its Discontents   Carlos Alberto Torres     389
Index     405
About the Contributors     417

What People are Saying About This

Ruth Hayhoe

Comparative Education: The Dialectic of the Global and the Local, fourth edition, has become a classic in the field, widely used for the framing of teaching, research and activism. Arnove’s authoritative and insightful introduction to this 4th edition demonstrates the crucial value of the comparative impulse and an international mindset in addressing current educational issues in the complex and rapidly changing second decade of the 21st century.

Douglas Kellner

The Dialectic of the Global and Local engages key issues, transformations, and challenges to the field of comparative education today. Articulating the diversity and ongoing debates within the field, a variety of scholars present insightful analyses and problems of contemporary education within global, comparative, and critical perspectives that make the text a valuable resource for students, scholars, and those concerned about understanding the importance of education in the contemporary world.

Iveta Silova

Comparative Education: The Dialectic of the Global and the Localchallenges the metanarratives of neoliberal globalization and forcefully sets the agenda for pursuing social justice in education through academic research and education policy making. It is an impressive collective effort to redefine schooling as a source of social action, reconnect politics and education, and reengage comparative education in the struggle for social justice and equity in the context of globalization.

Philip G. Altbach

The most comprehensive and up-to-date comparative education text available.

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