Comparative education: the dialectic of the global and the local

Part 2 Introduction: Reframing Comparative Education: The Dialectic of the Global and the Local Chapter 3 1. Technocracy, Uncertainty, and Ethics: Comparative Education in an Era of Postmodernity and Globalization Chapter 4 2. Institutionalizing International Influence Chapter 5 3. The State, Social Movements, and Educational Reform Chapter 6 4. Culture and Education Chapter 7 5. The Question of Identity from a Comparative Education Perspective Chapter 8 6. Equality of Education: A Half-Century of Comparative Evidence Seen From a New Millennium Chapter 9 7. Women's Education in the Twenty-First Century: Balance and Prospects Chapter 10 8. Control of Education: Issues and Tensions in Centralization and Decentralization Chapter 11 9. Beyond Schooling: The Role of Adult and Community Education in Postcolonial Change Chapter 12 10. The Political Economy of Educational Reform in Australia, England, and the United States Chapter 13 11. Higher Education Restructuring in the Era of Globalization: Toward a Heteronomous Model? Chapter 14 12. Education in Latin America: Dependency, Underdevelopment, and Inequality Chapter 15 13. Education in Asia: Globalization and its Effects Chapter 16 14. Education in the Middle East: Challenges and Opportunities Chapter 17 15. Russia and Eastern Europe Chapter 18 16. Education for All in Africa: Still a Distant Dream Chapter 19 17. Comparative Education: The Dialectics of Globalization and its Discontents