The Politics of Education Reforms

1. Neoliberalism, the New Imperialism, and the “Disappearing” Nation-State: A Case Study
Shannon Calderone, Robert A. Rhoads

2. How Educational Systems Form and Reform
William K. Cummings

3. Academic Capitalism in Japan: National University Incorporation and Special Zones for Structural Reform
Jennifer Chan-Tiberghien

4. Globalisation and Higher Education Policy Changes
Kingsley Banya

5. The Emergence of the Local Management of Schools (LMS) in Israel: A Political Perspective
Haim H. Gaziel

6. Alternative Approaches on Society, State, Educational Reform, and Educational Policy
Oscar Espinoza

7. Social Exclusion, Poverty, and Educational Inequity in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria: Which Development Framework
Macleans A. Geo-JaJa

8. Constructing Worker-Citizens in/Through Teacher Education in Cuba: Curricular Goals in the Changing Political Economic Context
Mark Ginsburg, Carolina Belalcazar, Simona Popa, Orlando Pacheco

9. The Reform of Chinese College English Teaching (CCET) in the Context of Globalisation
Zhang Xiaoqing, Holger Daun

10. Global Teacher Rec ruitment as a Challenge to the Goal of Universal Primary Education
Madeleine Mattarozzi Laming

11. Power and Authority in School and Community: Interactions Between Non-Indigenous Teachers and Indigenous Teacher Assistants in Remote Australian Schools
Elizabeth Warren, Annette R. Baturo, Tom J. Cooper

12. Deliberative Pedagogy and the Rationalization of Learning
Klas Roth

Keywords: Education, International and Comparative Education, Curriculum Studies, Educational Policy and Politics