Comparative education : the dialectic of the global and the local / edited by Robert F. Arnove and Carlos Alberto Torres.

Other author Arnove, Robert F.
Other author Torres, Carlos Alberto.
Format Book
Edition2nd ed.
Publication InfoLanham : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2003.
Descriptionvi, 491 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Comparative education--Philosophy.
Globalization.

Contents Introduction: reframing comparative education: the dialectic of the global and the local -- Technocracy, uncertainty, and ethics: comparative education in an era of postmodernity and globalization -- Institutionalizing international influence -- The state, social movements, and educational reform -- Culture and education -- The question of identity from a comparative education perspective -- Equality of education: a half-century of comparative evidence seen from a new millenium -- Women's education in the twenty-first century: balance and prospects -- Control of education: issues and tensions in centralization and decentralization -- Beyond schooling: adult education in postcolonial societies -- The political economy of educational reform in Australia, England and Wales, and the United States -- Higher education restructuring in the era of globalization: toward a heteronomous model? -- Education in Latin America: dependency, underdevelopment, and inequality -- Asian education -- Education in the Middle East: challenges and opportunities -- Russia and Eastern Europe -- No teacher guide, no textbooks, no chairs: contending with crisis in African education -- Comparative education: the dialectics of globalization and its discontents.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2003007673
ISBN0742523802 (Cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0742523810 (Paper : alk. paper)

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