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Comparative Education : The Dialectic of the Global and the Local » (3rd Edition)

Book cover image of Comparative Education : The Dialectic of the Global and the Local by Robert F. Arnove

Authors: Robert F. Arnove (Editor), Carlos Alberto Torres
ISBN-13: 9780742559844, ISBN-10: 074255984X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Date Published: September 2007
Edition: 3rd Edition

Author Biography: Robert F. Arnove

Book Synopsis

Added in this second edition is a concluding chapter by Carlos Torres describing the current challenges and new directions for scholarship and teaching in comparative education. Chapters discussing education in the United States, Latin America, the Middle East, Russian/Eastern Europe, and Africa have been updated to reflect the changes in these regions and emerging educational trends and politics.

	Introduction: Reframing Comparative Education: The Dialectic of the Global and the Local	1
1	Technocracy, Uncertainty, and Ethics: Comparative Education in an Era of Postmodernity and Globalization	24
2	Institutionalizing International Influence	52
3	The State, Social Movements, and Educational Reform	92
4	Culture and Education	115
5	The Question of Identity from a Comparative Education Perspective	133
6	Equality of Education: A Half-Century of Comparative Evidence Seen from a New Millenium	146
7	Women's Education in the Twenty-First Century: Balance and Prospects	176
8	Control of Education: Issues and Tensions in Centralization and Decentralization	204
9	Beyond Schooling: Adult Education in Postcolonial Societies	229
10	The Political Economy of Educational Reform in Australia, England and Wales, and the United States	252
11	Higher Education Restructuring in the Era of Globalization: Toward a Heteronomous Model?	292
12	Education in Latin America: Dependency, Underdevelopment, and Inequality	313
13	Asian Education	338
14	Education in the Middle East: Challenges and Opportunities	357
15	Russia and Eastern Europe	384
16	No Teacher Guide, No Textbooks, No Chairs: Contending with Crisis in African Education	409
17	Comparative Education: The Dialectics of Globalization and Its Discontents	446
	Index	463
	About the Contributors	489