Comparative education : the dialectic of the global and the local / [edited by] Robert F. Arnove, Carlos Alberto Torres, and Stephen Franz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arnove, Robert F.

Contributor:

Lachs-Adler Family Endowed Fund for Collection Development.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comparative education--Philosophy.

Comparative education.

Education and globalization.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

vii, 508 pages ; 26 cm

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2013]

Contents:

Introduction : Reframing comparative education : the dialectic of the global and the local / Robert F. Arnove

Technocracy, uncertainty, and ethics : comparative education in an era of postmodernity and globalization / Anthony Welch

Institutionalizing international influence / Joel Samoff

The state, social movements, and educational reform / Raymond A. Morrow and Carlos Alberto Torres

Culture and education / Vandra Lea Masemann

The question of identity from a comparative education perspective / Christine Fox

Equality of education : six decades of comparative evidence seen from a new millennium / Joseph P. Farrell

Women's education in the twenty-first century / Nelly P. Stromquist

Control of education : issues and tensions in centralization and decentralization / Mark Bray

A theory of literacies for considering the role of adult and community education in postcolonial change / Anne Hickling-Hudson

The political economy of educational reform in Australia, England and Wales, and the United States / Jack Keating, Rosemary Preston, Penny Jane Burke, Richard Van Heertum, and Robert F. Arnove

Higher education in the era of globalization : toward a heteronomous model? / Daniel Schugurensky

Education in Latin America : from dependency and neoliberalism to alternative paths to development / Robert F. Arnove, Stephen Franz, and Carlos Alberto Torres

Education in the Asia-Pacific region : some enduring challenges / John N. Hawkins

Higher education in the Middle East / Shabana Mir

Education in Eastern and Central Europe : re-thinking post-socialism in the context of globalization / Iveta Silova and Ben Eklof

Education for all in Africa : not catching up, but setting the pace / Joel Samoff and Bidemi Carrol

The political construction of European education space / António Teodoro

Comparative education : the dialectics of globalization and its discontents / Carlos Alberto Torres.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lachs-Adler Family Endowed Fund for Collection Development.

ISBN:

9781442217751

1442217758

9781442217768

1442217766

OCLC:

816655859