Education privatization is a global phenomenon that crystallizes in countries with very different cultural, political, and economic backgrounds. In this book, the authors examine how privatization policies are being adopted and why so many countries are engaging in this type of education reform.
Education privatization is a global phenomenon that crystallizes in countries with very different cultural, political, and economic backgrounds. In th...
Civil society organizations have risen up the global education agenda since the international community adhered to the Education For All Action Framework in the World Education Forum that was held in Dakar in 2000. With the foundation of the Global Campaign for Education (GCE) civil society advocacy has sought to ensure that national governments, donors and international organisations make the necessary efforts to guarantee quality education for all children in the world. This book explores the strategies and actions, as well as the challenges and impact of civil society organizations in the...
Civil society organizations have risen up the global education agenda since the international community adhered to the Education For All Action Framew...
Civil society organizations have risen up the global education agenda since the international community adhered to the Education For All Action Framework in the World Education Forum that was held in Dakar in 2000. With the foundation of the Global Campaign for Education (GCE) civil society advocacy has sought to ensure that national governments, donors and international organisations make the necessary efforts to guarantee quality education for all children in the world. This book explores the strategies and actions, as well as the challenges and impact of civil society organizations in the...
Civil society organizations have risen up the global education agenda since the international community adhered to the Education For All Action Framew...
Since the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) was created in 1995, there has been international pressure towards the liberalization of education all over the world, as well as new challenges to the traditional internationalization rationale in the field of higher education. Nevertheless, education liberalization under the GATS is also a contested process. Public universities, teachers unions, development NGOs and other education stakeholders have opposed and campaigned against the GATS in different countries and at a range of levels from local to global. Based on intensive fieldwork...
Since the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) was created in 1995, there has been international pressure towards the liberalization of educa...
Antoni Verger Christopher Lubienski Gita Steiner-Khamsi
This latest volume in the World Yearbook of Education series examines the global education industry both in OECD* countries as well as developing countries, and presents the works of scholars based in different parts of the word who have significantly contributed to this area of research. Focusing on the areas of cross-over in public-private partnerships in education, WYBE 2016 critically examines the actors and factors that have propelled the global rise of the education industry.
Split into three key sections, Part I explores how education agendas are shaped; Part II...
This latest volume in the World Yearbook of Education series examines the global education industry both in OECD* countries as well as developing c...