Comparative Education: The Dialectic of the Global and the Local

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Reframing Comparative Education: The Dialectic of the Global and the Local
Chapter 1: Technocracy, Uncertainty, and Ethics: Comparative Education in an Era of Postmodernity and Globalization
Chapter 2: Institutionalizing International Influence
Chapter 3: The State, Social Movements, and Educational Reform
Chapter 4: Culture and Education
Chapter 5: The Question of Identity from a Comparative Education Perspective
Chapter 6: Equality of Education: Six Decades of Comparative Evidence Seen from a New Millennium
Chapter 7: Women’s Education in the Twenty-First Century
Chapter 8: Control of Education: Issues and Tensions in Centralization and Decentralization
Chapter 9: A Theory of Literacies for Considering the Role of Adult and Community Education in Postcolonial Change
Chapter 10: The Political Economy of Educational Reform in Australia, Britain, and the United States
Chapter 11: Higher Education in the Era of Globalization: Toward a Heteronomous Model?
Chapter 12: Education in Latin America: From Dependency and Neoliberalism to Alternative Paths to Development
Chapter 13: Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Some Enduring Challenges
Chapter 14: Higher Education in the Middle East
Chapter 15: Education in Eastern and Central Europe: Re-Thinking Post-Socialism in the Context of Globalization
Chapter 16: Education for All in Africa: Not Catching Up, but Setting the Pace
Chapter 17: The Political Construction of European Education Space
Chapter 18: Comparative Education: The Dialectics of Globalization and Its Discontents
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