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SERIES EDITOR'S FOREWORD EDUCATIONAL REFORM: SOCIAL STRUGGLE, THE STATE AND THE WORLD ECONOMIC SYSTEM; RESTRUCTURING EDUCATION AND THE STATE IN ENGLAND; THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF EDUCATIONAL REFORM IN AUSTRALIA; STATE CORPORATISM, EDUCATIONAL POLICIES, AND STUDENTS' AND TEACHERS' MOVEMENTS IN MEXICO; THE SCENARIO OF THE SPANISH EDUCATIONAL REFORM; IDEOLOGICAL PLURALISM IN NICARAGUAN UNIVERSITY REFORM; SHIFTS IN SOCIOECONOMIC AND EDUCATIONAL POLICY IN TANZANIA: EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL FORCES; PERSPECTIVES OF EDUCATIONAL REFORM IN HUNGARY; THE STATE, ECONOMIC CRISIS, AND EDUCATIONAL REFORM IN CôTE D'IVOIRE; EDUCATIONAL REFORM IN NEW ZEALAND; GLOBAL RHETORIC, LOCAL POLICY: A CASE STUDY OF ISRAELI EDUCATION AND TEACHER TRAINING; THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF SCHOOL REFORM IN THE UNITED STATES; EDUCATIONAL REFORM, THE STATE, AND THE WORLD ECONOMY: UNDERSTANDING AND ENGAGING IN IDEOLOGICAL AND OTHER STRUGGLES