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Comparative Education The Dialectic of the Global and the Local

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ISBN-10: 0742523810

ISBN-13: 9780742523814

Edition: 2nd 2003 (Revised)

Authors: Robert F. Arnove, Carlos Alberto Torres

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Bringing together some of the leading names in comparative and international education, this second edition provides new perspectives on the dynamic interplay of global, national and local forces as they shape education systems in specific contexts.
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Book details

List price: $49.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/14/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 504
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

Robert F. Arnove, Chancellor's Professor Emeritus at Indiana University-Bloomington, is a leading scholar of comparative and international education. Winner of many distinguished teaching awards, he has been a visiting scholar at universities in countries ranging from Argentina to Australia. His interest in education and social change and his commitment to combining scholarship with public service have led him to be a teacher union president, a candidate for the U.S. Congress with Barry Commoner's Citizens Party, and the president of an experimental theater company.

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
Index
About the Contributors