Privatization of Education
Education privatization is a global phenomenon that crystallizes in countries with very different cultural, political, and economic backgrounds. In this book, the authors examine how privatization policies are being adopted and why so many countri...
Global Politics of Educational Borrowing and Lending
Will the 'best practices' of schools in Scotland work in South Africa? Are PTA's, a mainstay of American school governance, as valuable in European countries? Who decides and why? The globalization of educational policy has become a popular, if no...
World Yearbook of Education 2016
This latest volume in the World Yearbook of Education series examines the global education industry both in OECD* countries as well as developing countries, and presents the works of scholars based in different parts of the word who have significa...
World Yearbook of Education 2016
This latest volume in the World Yearbook of Education series examines the global education industry both in OECD* countries as well as developing countries, and presents the works of scholars based in different parts of the word who have significa...
Research Handbook on Education Privatization and Marketization
The Research Handbook on Education Privatization and Marketization analyses global trends related to two of the most debated topics in contemporary education policy. Comprehensive and multidisciplinary, this Research Handbook expands on new conceptual, theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of privatization and marketization. Chapters cover key themes including: new developments in the field such as tax credit scholarship and low fee private schools; the enactment and impact of privatization and marketization; and resistance movements and regulatory responses. Offering international insights from education, sociology, geography and political science, the authors conduct an in-depth examination of innovative frameworks for current and future studies, building upon existing knowledge and continuing an important dialogue in this evolving area of research. This is an indispensable resource for students and researchers of sociology, education studies, political science, and
World Yearbook of Education 2012
The phenomenon of "travelling reforms" has become an object of great professional interest and intensive academic scrutiny. The fact that the same set of educational reforms is transferred from one country to another made scholars wonder...
World Yearbook of Education 2012
The phenomenon of "travelling reforms" has become an object of great professional interest and intensive academic scrutiny. The fact that the same set of educational reforms is transferred from one country to another made scholars wonder...
Understanding PISA's Attractiveness
Understanding PISA's Attractiveness examines how policy makers and the media interpret the results of PISA league-leaders, losers, and slippers in ways that suit their own reform agendas. As a result, a myriad of explanations exist as to why an ed...
WTO/GATS and the Global Politics of Higher Education
Since the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) was created in 1995, there has been international pressure towards the liberalization of education all over the world, as well as new challenges to the traditional internationalization ration...
Educational Import
This book addresses students, practitioners and scholars in educational policy studies. The authors use Mongolia as a case to illustrate how global influences shape domestic developments in education, and how imported education reforms are locally...
Researching the Global Education Industry
This book examines how the Global Education Industry (GEI) has brokered, funded, and implemented new conceptualizations of 'good' education. With a focus on new private providers and policy actors in education, the authors of the book analyze the ...
Infiltrado
Una novela de acci n, suspense e intriga Una banda de ladrones tiene a la polic a de todo el mundo desesperada: ya sean joyer as, bancos, cuadros de museos, las cuentas bancarias de millonarios o incluso otros ladrones, esta extraordinaria banda de delincuentes escapa cada vez sin dejar rastro, ni una sola pista. La Interpol asigna el caso a Jack Dupont, polic a sagaz y ambicioso, quien har todo lo posible por detenerlos. Presionado por sus jefes, decide sacar de prisi n a Simon Keller, inteligente y escurridizo ladr n, h bil conductor de todo tipo de veh culos, que m s de un dolor de cabeza caus a la polic a en otros tiempos. Jack Dupont le ofrecer a Keller un trabajo a cambio de su liberad: infiltrarse en la banda para ayudar a capturar a los criminales. Ante esta oportunidad, Keller no dudar en aceptar, sin imaginar que esta experiencia cambiar radicalmente el rumbo de su vida.
