A description of the contemporary rural condition and efforts to sustain rural life in one small Minnesota community at the turn of the 21st century. Like many other agricultural based towns, Prairie Town struggled for survival within the context of the on-going farm crisis, NAFTA, neoliberal agricultural policies and growing agribusiness that negatively impacted many farmers throughout the world. The effects of globalization, the displacement of rural workers to urban areas and the deterioration of rural life were a widespread phenomenon. In spite of these complex issues, Prairie Town worked...

In-service and teacher training programmes are based on policies and practices built by individuals and groups. This book examines teacher education and its relationship with power and society, specifically power relations involving social class, racial/ethnic and gender issues evident in living environments, religious institutions and professional associations and unions.

Politics and Education in Israel focuses on the meeting of European Zionists, Non-Zionist Middle Eastern Jews, and Palestinian Arabs in the Israeli school system, the introduction of ability groupings into Israeli schools, the privatization of education and the expansion of elitist schools.

First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First Published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First Published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The chapters in this edited volume raise important issues of the relation between research and its various external "publics".