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Book SynopsisThis volume will provide a comparative account of the meanings and processes of post-socialist transformations in education by exploring recent theories, concepts, and debates on post-socialism and globalization in national, regional, and international contexts.
Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Acknowledgments. Rediscovering post-socialism in comparative education. Education after the fall of the Berlin Wall: the end of history or the beginning of histories?. Policy Why(s): Policy rationalities and the changing logic of educational reform in postcommunist Ukraine. Visions of reform in post-socialist Romania: decentralization (through hybridization) and teacher autonomy. Rethinking transition through ideas of “community” in Hungarian kindergarten curriculum. A framework for understanding dramatic change: Educational transformation in post-Soviet Russia. The semblance of progress amidst the absence of change: Educating for an imagined Europe in Moldova and Albania. Rewriting the nation: World War II narratives in Polish history textbooks. When intolerance means more than prejudice: Challenges to Lithuanian education reforms for social tolerance. Transnational vitality of the Finno-Ugric identity in Estonia: The role of education and advocacy in a new geopolitical context. The reconfiguration of state–university–student relationships in post/socialist China. Socialist, post-socialist, and post-. Staying the (post)socialist course: Global/local transformations and Cuban education. African socialism, post-colonial development, and education: Change and continuity in the post-socialist era. Beyond post-socialist conversions: Functional cooperation and trans-regional regimes in the global South. Index. Author biographies. International Perspectives on Education and Society. International Perspectives on Education and Society. Copyright page.
