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Book SynopsisThis text uses examples and perspectives from economics, technology and mass media to show how globalization is producing unprecedented impacts on education and culture. The author points to governmental and school policies that can actively shape the future of education.
Trade ReviewA comprehensive and robust examination of the subject. * British Journal of Educational Studies *
This valuable book is a welcome addition to the burgeoning globalization literature. * Population and Development Review *
Critical, yet balanced, this book provides a very impressive synthesis of key themes related to education and globalization from a comparative perspective. Passionate, but not strident, the author's style is accessible, especially given the remarkable range of the materials covered. Valuable for middle level undergraduate through graduate level students. -- Raymond Morrow, University of Alberta
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 I. Theorizing Globalization Chapter 3 II. The Twinning of Ideas and Material Conditions: Globalization, Neoliberalism, and Postmodernism Chapter 4 III. Educational Impacts of Economic and Cultural Globalization Chapter 5 IV. Consequences of Communication Technologies on Culture and Education Chapter 6 V. Transnational Corporations and the Creation of Values and Citizenship Chapter 7 VI. The University as the Spearhead of Globalization Chapter 8 VII. Gender within Globalized Education Chapter 9 VIII. Agency and Resistance in the Globalization Era Chapter 10 IX. Reframing the Future Chapter 11 Appendix A
