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Book SynopsisThis innovative new handbook offers a comprehensive overview of the ways in which domestic education policy is framed and influenced by global institutions and actors.
Trade Review"Chapter authors include some of the leading figures in the field of educational policy research: Stephen Ball, Aaron Benavot, Xavier Bonal, Martin Carnoy, Andy Green, Bob Lingard, Caroline Manion, Simon Marginson, Karen Mundy, Fazal Rizvi, Susan Robertson and Antoni Verger, to name just a selection, are household names in the area. There are also less known but equally important contributors, rendering this compendium a ‘who’s who’ of educational policy and comparative education research."
Peter Mayo -
University of Malta, ©Copyright 2019 MayoSource: London Review of Education, Volume 17, Number 1, March 2019, pp.90-92(3)
Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors ix
Acknowledgements xix
List of Acronyms xx
Introduction: The Globalization of Education Policy – Key Approaches and Debates 1
Karen Mundy, Andy Green, Bob Lingard, and Antoni Verger
Part I Education and a Global Polity 21
Introduction 22
Andy Green
1 Educational Policies in the Face of Globalization: Whither the Nation State? 27
Martin Carnoy
2 World Society and the Globalization of Educational Policy 43
Francisco O. Ramirez, John W. Meyer, and Julia Lerch
3 The Global Diffusion of Education Privatization: Unpacking and Theorizing Policy Adoption 64
Antoni Verger
4 Economic Growth in Developing Countries: The Role of Human Capital 81
Eric A. Hanushek
5 Education, Poverty, and the “Missing Link”: The Limits of Human Capital Theory as a Paradigm for Poverty Reduction 97
Xavier Bonal
6 Gender and Education in the Global Polity 111
Elaine Unterhalter
7 The Global Educational Reform Movement and Its Impact on Schooling 128
Pasi Sahlberg
8 Global Convergence or Path Dependency? Skill Formation Regimes in the Globalized Economy 145
Marius R. Busemeyer and Janis Vossiek
Part II Educational Issues and Challenges 163
Introduction 164
Bob Lingard
9 Education and Social Cohesion: A Panglossian Global Discourse 169
Andy Green and Jan Germen Janmaat
10 Policies for Education in Conflict and Post-Conflict Reconstruction 189
Sarah Dryden-Peterson
11 Human Rights and Education Policy in South Asia 206
Monisha Bajaj and Huma Kidwai
12 Early Childhood Education and Care in Global Discourses 224
Rianne Mahon
13 Education for All 2000–2015: The Influence of Global Interventions and Aid on EFA Achievements 241
Aaron Benavot, Manos Antoninis, Nicole Bella, Marcos Delprato, Joanna Härmä, Catherine Jere, Priyadarshani Joshi, Nihan Koseleci Blanchy, Helen Longlands, Alasdair McWilliam, and Asma Zubairi
14 The Politics of Language in Education in a Global Polity 259
M. Obaidul Hamid
15 The Global Governance of Teachers’ Work 275
Susan L. Robertson
16 The Global Construction of Higher Education Reform 291
Simon Marginson
Part III Global Policy Actors in Education 313
Introduction 314
Antoni Verger
17 The Historical Evolution and Current Challenges of the United Nations and Global Education Policy-Making 319
Francine Menashy and Caroline Manion
18 The World Bank and the Global Governance of Education in a Changing World Order 335
Karen Mundy and Antoni Verger
19 The Changing Organizational and Global Significance of the OECD’s Education Work 357
Bob Lingard and Sam Sellar
20 The Policies that Shaped PISA, and the Policies that PISA Shaped 374
Andreas Schleicher and Pablo Zoido
21 Dragon and the Tiger Cubs: China–ASEAN Relations in Higher Education 385
Rui Yang and Jingyun Yao
22 An Analysis of Power in Transnational Advocacy Networks in Education 401
Ian Macpherson
23 The Business Case for Transnational Corporate Participation, Profits, and Policy-Making in Education 419
Zahra Bhanji
24 New Global Philanthropy and Philanthropic Governance in Education in a Post-2015 World 433
Prachi Srivastava and Lianna Baur
Part IV Critical Directions in the Study of Global Education Policy 449
Introduction 450
Karen Mundy
25 Rational Intentions and Unintended Consequences: On the Interplay between International and National Actors in Education Policy 453
Timm Fulge, Tonia Bieber, and Kerstin Martens
26 Policy and Administration as Culture: Organizational Sociology and Cross-National Education Trends 470
Patricia Bromley
27 Ethnography and the Localization of Global Education Policy 490
Amy Stambach
28 Global Education Policy and the Postmodern Challenge 504
Stephen Carney
29 Policy Reponses to the Rise of Asian Higher Education: A Postcolonial Analysis 519
Fazal Rizvi
30 Joined-up Policy: Network Connectivity and Global Education Governance 535
Carolina Junemann, Stephen J. Ball, and Diego Santori
31 A Vertical Case Study of Global Policy-Making: Early Grade Literacy in Zambia 554
Lesley Bartlett and Frances Vavrus
32 Global Indicators and Local Problem Recognition: An Exploration into the Statistical Eradication of Teacher Shortage in the Post-Socialist Region 573
Gita Steiner-Khamsi
Name Index 590
Place Index 592
Subject Index 595
