Globalization and Education (eBook)

Nelly P. Stromquist is professor of international education policy at the University of Maryland. She studies globalization, gender, and adult education policies and practices from a critical sociological perspective.Karen Monkman is a professor of educational policy studies at DePaul University. Her work focuses on education as it relates to globalization, gender, and migration.

PrefaceAbbreviations & AcronymsPart I. Conceptual and Methodological IssuesDefining Globalization and Assessing Its Implications, Revisted Nelly P. Stromquist and Karen MonkmanGlobalization, Educational Change, and the National StateMartin CarnoyGlobalization and Global Governance in EducationKaren Mundy and Caroline ManionThe Productive Plasticity of Rights: Globalization, Education and Human Rights Monisha Bajaj“The Girl Effect”: U.S. Transnational Corporate Investment in Girls' Education Kathryn Moeller Globalization and Curriculum Inquiry: Performing Transnational ImaginariesNoel GoughGlobalization and the Social Construction of Reality: Affirming or Unmasking the “Inevitable”?Catherine A. Odora HoppersStudying Globalization: The Vertical Case Study ApproachLesley Bartlett and Frances VavrusPart II. Globalization Impacts in Various Educational SectorsGlobalization Responses from European and Australian University Sectors Jan Currie and Lesley VidovichGlobalization of the Community College Model: Paradox of the Local and the Global Revisited Rosalind Latiner RabyGrowing Up in the Great Recession: Revisiting the Restructuring of Gender, Schooling, and Work Peter Kelly and Jane KenwayGlobalization, Adult Education and DevelopmentShirley WaltersPart III. National Case Studies of Globalization ImpactsGlobalization in Japan: Education Policy and CurriculumLynne ParmenterGlobal Encounters of the Universal and the Particular in Educational Policies in México 1988-2006 Rosa Nidia BuenfilThe Impacts of Globalization on Education in MalaysiaMolly N. N. LeeThe Consequences of Global Mass Education: Schooling, Work and Well-being in EFA-era Malawi Nancy Kendall and Rachel SilverGlobalization and Education in Post-Apartheid South Africa: The Narrowing of Education’s PurposeSalim Vally and Carol Anne Spreen “Still Hanging off the Edge”: An Australian Case Study of Gender, Universities and GlobalizationJill BlackmoreContributorsIndex