{"product_id":"handbook-of-global-education-policy-isbn-9781118468050","title":"Handbook of Global Education Policy","description":"This innovative new handbook offers a comprehensive overview of the ways in which domestic education policy is framed and influenced by global institutions and actors.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eSurveys current debates about the role of education in a global polity, highlights key transnational policy actors, accessibly introduces research methodologies, and outlines global agendas for education reform\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes contributions from an international cast of established and emerging scholars at the forefront of the field thoughtfully edited and organized by a team of world-renowned global education policy experts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEach section features a thorough introduction designed to facilitate readers’ understanding of the subsequent material and highlight links to interdisciplinary global policy scholarship\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten in an accessible and engaging style that will appeal to domestic and international policy practitioners, social scientists, and education scholars alike\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Acronyms xx\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Globalization of Education Policy – Key Approaches and Debates 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKaren Mundy, Andy Green, Bob Lingard, and Antoni Verger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Education and a Global Polity 21\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndy Green\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Educational Policies in the Face of Globalization: Whither the Nation State? 27\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartin Carnoy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 World Society and the Globalization of Educational Policy 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrancisco O. Ramirez, John W. Meyer, and Julia Lerch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Global Diffusion of Education Privatization: Unpacking and Theorizing Policy Adoption 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAntoni Verger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Economic Growth in Developing Countries: The Role of Human Capital 81\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEric A. Hanushek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Education, Poverty, and the “Missing Link”: The Limits of Human Capital Theory as a Paradigm for Poverty Reduction 97\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eXavier Bonal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Gender and Education in the Global Polity 111\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eElaine Unterhalter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Global Educational Reform Movement and Its Impact on Schooling 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePasi Sahlberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Global Convergence or Path Dependency? Skill Formation Regimes in the Globalized Economy 145\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarius R. Busemeyer and Janis Vossiek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Educational Issues and Challenges 163\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 164\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBob Lingard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Education and Social Cohesion: A Panglossian Global Discourse 169\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndy Green and Jan Germen Janmaat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Policies for Education in Conflict and Post-Conflict Reconstruction 189\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSarah Dryden-Peterson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Human Rights and Education Policy in South Asia 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMonisha Bajaj and Huma Kidwai\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Early Childhood Education and Care in Global Discourses 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRianne Mahon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Education for All 2000–2015: The Influence of Global Interventions and Aid on EFA Achievements 241\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAaron Benavot, Manos Antoninis, Nicole Bella, Marcos Delprato, Joanna Härmä, Catherine Jere, Priyadarshani Joshi, Nihan Koseleci Blanchy, Helen Longlands, Alasdair McWilliam, and Asma Zubairi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 The Politics of Language in Education in a Global Polity 259\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eM. Obaidul Hamid\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The Global Governance of Teachers’ Work 275\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSusan L. Robertson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Global Construction of Higher Education Reform 291\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSimon Marginson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Global Policy Actors in Education 313\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 314\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAntoni Verger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 The Historical Evolution and Current Challenges of the United Nations and Global Education Policy-Making 319\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrancine Menashy and Caroline Manion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 The World Bank and the Global Governance of Education in a Changing World Order 335\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKaren Mundy and Antoni Verger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 The Changing Organizational and Global Significance of the OECD’s Education Work 357\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBob Lingard and Sam Sellar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 The Policies that Shaped PISA, and the Policies that PISA Shaped 374\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndreas Schleicher and Pablo Zoido\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Dragon and the Tiger Cubs: China–ASEAN Relations in Higher Education 385\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRui Yang and Jingyun Yao\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 An Analysis of Power in Transnational Advocacy Networks in Education 401\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIan Macpherson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 The Business Case for Transnational Corporate Participation, Profits, and Policy-Making in Education 419\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eZahra Bhanji\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 New Global Philanthropy and Philanthropic Governance in Education in a Post-2015 World 433\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrachi Srivastava and Lianna Baur\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Critical Directions in the Study of Global Education Policy 449\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 450\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKaren Mundy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Rational Intentions and Unintended Consequences: On the Interplay between International and National Actors in Education Policy 453\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimm Fulge, Tonia Bieber, and Kerstin Martens\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Policy and Administration as Culture: Organizational Sociology and Cross-National Education Trends 470\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatricia Bromley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Ethnography and the Localization of Global Education Policy 490\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmy Stambach\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Global Education Policy and the Postmodern Challenge 504\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen Carney\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Policy Reponses to the Rise of Asian Higher Education: A Postcolonial Analysis 519\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFazal Rizvi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Joined-up Policy: Network Connectivity and Global Education Governance 535\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarolina Junemann, Stephen J. Ball, and Diego Santori\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 A Vertical Case Study of Global Policy-Making: Early Grade Literacy in Zambia 554\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLesley Bartlett and Frances Vavrus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Global Indicators and Local Problem Recognition: An Exploration into the Statistical Eradication of Teacher Shortage in the Post-Socialist Region 573\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGita Steiner-Khamsi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eName Index 590\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlace Index 592\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject Index 595\u003c\/p\u003e \"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Mayo\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Malta, ©Copyright 2019 Mayo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSource: London Review of Education, Volume 17, Number 1, March 2019, pp.90-92(3) \u003cb\u003eKaren Mundy\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor, Associate Dean of Research, and Canada Research Chair at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, where she directs the Comparative, International and Development Education Centre (CIDEC). Her research has focuses on the global politics of “education for all” programs and policies, education reform in sub-Saharan Africa, the role of civil society in the reform of educational systems, and the policy influence of international organizations, such as the World Bank, UNESCO and the WTO. A former president of the Comparative International Education Society, Dr. Mundy has published five books and more than four dozen articles and book chapters, and is a contributor to dozens of policy papers and reports.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndy Green \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Comparative Social Science at UCL Institute of Education and Director of the ESRC Centre for Learning and Life Chances. A frequent consultant to international bodies, such as CEDEFOP, the European Commission, OECD and UNESCO, and to the UK government departments, Dr. Green has published eighteen books, including: Education, Globalization and the Nation State (1997); Regimes of Social Cohesion: Societies and the Crisis of Globalization (2014, with J.G. Janmaat) and Education and State Formation: Europe, East Asia and the USA (2013). He was elected an Academician of the UK Academy of Social Science in 2010.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBob Lingard\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professorial Research Fellow in the School of Education at the University of Queensland, Australia. A Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences and Editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eDiscourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education\u003c\/i\u003e, Dr. Lingard has published twenty books, including most recently \u003ci\u003eGlobalizing Educational Policy\u003c\/i\u003e (2010) (with Fazal Rizvi), \u003ci\u003ePolitics, Policies and Pedagogies in Education: The Selected Works of Bob Lingard\u003c\/i\u003e (2014) and \u003ci\u003eGlobalizing Educational Accountabilities\u003c\/i\u003e (2015) (with Wayne Martino, Goli Rezai-Rashti and Sam Sellar). He has also published more than one hundred journal articles and book chapters in the sociology of education.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAntoni Verger\u003c\/b\u003e is a Senior Researcher in the Department of Sociology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. A former post-doctoral researcher at the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research of the University of Amsterdam, Dr. Verger research specializes on two main areas: the global governance of education and education privatization policies. He has published more than four dozen articles, book chapters and books on these themes, including \u003ci\u003eWTO\/GATS and the Global Politics of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge, 2010), and \u003ci\u003eGlobal Education Policy and International Development: New Agendas, Issues and Programmes\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloosmbury, 2012). \u003cp\u003eOver the past decade, the influence of global institutions and actors on domestic education policy has increased significantly. With contributions from an international cast of established and emerging scholars at the forefront of the field, \u003ci\u003eThe Handbook of Global Policy in Education \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a comprehensive and provocative overview of current research on the interplay between global policy and education. The handbook has been strategically divided into four thematic sections each featuring a thorough introduction designed to both facilitate readers’ understanding of the topic and to highlight broader links to interdisciplinary global policy scholarship. The first section offers a comprehensive survey of current debates surrounding the role of education in global polity, while the second section highlights key transnational policy actors. The third section focuses on introducing and elucidating research methodologies, while the fourth section outlines global agendas for education reform.\u003c\/p\u003e Written in an accessible and engaging style, \u003ci\u003eThe Handbook of Global Policy in Education\u003c\/i\u003e will be a vital resource for education scholars, social scientists, and domestic and international policy practitioners alike. \u003cp\u003e“This is a remarkable editorial achievement. By bringing together some of the best known writers on global education policy, this volume does the international educational community an invaluable service. Those wishing to deepen their understanding of the complex mechanisms and processes that drive education policy in this new global era will find much in this book that will engage, challenge, and provoke them. An essential overview for students and seasoned researchers alike.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRonald G. Sultana, Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Educational Research, University of Malta\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This authoritative Handbook, edited by leading international scholars, brings together a veritable Who’s Who from the world of comparative education. It also includes chapters by promising young scholars from many parts of the world. Core issues relating to education’s role in the global polity, key actors, and future directions are elegantly knitted together with a thought provoking commentary for each section by the four editors.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuth Hayhoe, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“A cutting-edge resource for Chinese education researchers and policy makers supporting interaction with the international education community. At a time when China is receiving more and more attention worldwide, there is an urgent need for us to better understand and then contribute to global education governance. It also shows special value of developing comparative education in China since we are moving towards more international and development studies.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTENG Jun, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The editors and contributors are eminent scholars, who have been working in the research of the education policies for years. They profoundly understand and are able to write about global changes in the field. This book is essential reading for everyone with an interest not only in education policy research but also more widely across education policy and international policy.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRisto Rinne, Center for Research on Lifelong Learning and Education and Department of Education, University of Turku\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989332705509,"sku":"NP9781118468050","price":213.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118468050.jpg?v=1761783702","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/handbook-of-global-education-policy-isbn-9781118468050","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}