Educational restructuring in the context of globalization and national policy / edited by Holger Daun.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Daun, Holger.

Series:

Reference books in international education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education and state--Cross-cultural studies.

Education and state.

Educational change--Cross-cultural studies.

Educational change.

Globalization--Cross-cultural studies.

Globalization.

International economic relations--Cross-cultural studies.

International economic relations.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : RoutledgeFalmer, 2002.

Summary:

Holger Daun and his associates argue that globalization is transforming educational systems. In this ambitious new book, they demonstrate that while change may not yet be showing up at the classroom level, at the macro level globalization is deeply impacting the way the world's public sector delivers schooling.

This book posits that mainly financial forces, new patterns of economic growth, and market ideology are driving change. Global financial flows are very large and governments increasingly rely on foreign capital to finance economic growth. One way of attracting that foreign capital is to provide a skilled labor force by increasing the average education level of the laborers.

However, Daun and his colleagues also point out that education is a major battleground in ideological debates concerning market efficiency and market imperfections. Globalization provides the context for these debates, with the market ideology espoused by globalized capital forces arguing that public bureaucracy impedes the delivery of more and better education for the same amount of resources. This argument, Daun claims, eliminates the apparent contradiction between reducing public spending on education and increasing the quantity and quality of educational services.

This book examines the forces opposing such globalizing processes, such as religious, ethnic, and social movements throughout Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the former European socialist bloc. The analysis of the different regions and the variety of responses to globalization indicate that governments can respond to globalization in different ways, and that the changes occurring are both global and local as the social effects of globalization pass through the policy structures of nation states.

Contents:

Part I Globalization and Educational Policies

Chapter 1 Globalization and National Education Systems / Holger Daun 1

Chapter 2 Shifts in Nation-State, Social Theory and Education / Holger Daun 33

Chapter 3 Conceptualization and Results of Educational Research Restructuring / Holger Daun 71

Part II Standardized Policies in a World of Diversity

Chapter 4 Education for Competitiveness and Diversity in the Richest Countries / Holger Daun 115

Chapter 5 Educational Reforms in Eastern Europe: Shifts, Innovations and Restoration / Holger Daun, Dana Sapatoru 147

Chapter 6 China's Transition Patterns / Jan-Ingvar Lofstedt, Zhao Shangwu 181

Chapter 7 Arab Countries: Oil Boom, Religious Revival and Non-Reform / Holger Daun, Reza Arjmand 205

Chapter 8 Nationalism and Educational Transition in Central Asia / Alexander Kanaev, Holger Daun 227

Chapter 9 Economic Decline, Religious Revival and Education in Sub-Saharan Africa / Holger Daun 245

Chapter 10 Latin America: The New Dependency and Educational Reform / Martin Carnoy 289.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0815339410

OCLC:

45879617