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  • Data for Accountability in Education

    Global Trends in School Reform

    by Gita Steiner-Khamsi, Patricia Bromley, Rie Kijima, Kerstin Martens, Antoni Verger ...
    Series series NORRAG Series on International Education and Development
    This timely book investigates the emergence of data-for-accountability as a governing tool in education. Five leading scholars explore its evolution over time and across regions, highlighting how datafication in education benefits some and disadvantages others.The authors trace the origins of using data for accountability in education back to the 1990s, demonstrating how various actors have ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Researching Global Education Policy

    Diverse Approaches to Policy Movement

    by Mellisa Chin, Clara Fontdevila, Steven Lewis, Kalervo N. Gulson, Andrew Wilkins, Fabian Besche-Truthe, Kerstin Martens, Dennis Niemann, Michael Windzio, Yasin Tunc, Laura Engel, Jisun Jeong, Oshie Nishimura-Sahi, Gerard Ferrer-Esteban, Chenyu Wang, Nelli Piattoeva, Brad Gobby, Andreu Termes, Emiliano Grimaldi, Jordi Collet, Tomas Esper, Marcel Pagès, Oscar Valiente ...
    Series series Research in Comparative and Global Social Policy
    The movement of policy is a core feature of contemporary education reform. Many different concepts, including policy transfer, borrowing and lending, travelling, diffusion and mobility, have been deployed to study how and why policy moves across jurisdictions, scales of governance, policy sectors or organisations. However, the underlying theoretical perspectives and the foundational assumptions of ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

  • World Yearbook of Education 2021

    Accountability and Datafication in the Governance of Education

    Edited by Sotiria Grek, Christian Maroy, Antoni Verger ...
    Series series World Yearbook of Education
    Providing a comprehensive introduction to the topic of accountability and datafication in the governance of education, the World Yearbook of Education 2021 considers global policy dynamics and policy enactment processes. Chapters pay particular attention to the role of international organizations and the private sector in the promotion of performance-based accountability (PBA) in different ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Global Education Policy and International Development

    New Agendas, Issues and Policies

    Edited by Professor Antoni Verger, Professor Hulya K. Altinyelken, Professor Mario Novelli ...
    Exploring the interplay between globalization, education and international development, this comprehensive introduction surveys the impact of global education policies on local policy in developing countries. With chapters written by leading international scholars in the field, drawing on a full range of theoretical perspectives and offering a diverse selection of case studies, this new edition ... Read more

    $34.79 USD

  • World Yearbook of Education 2016

    The Global Education Industry

    Edited by Antoni Verger, Christopher Lubienski, Gita Steiner-Khamsi ...
    Series series World Yearbook of Education
    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 ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Handbook of Global Education Policy

    Edited by Karen Mundy, Bob Lingard, Antoni Verger, Andy Green ...
    Series series Handbooks of Global Policy
    This innovative new handbook offers a comprehensive overview of the ways in which domestic education policy is framed and influenced by global institutions and actors.Surveys current debates about the role of education in a global polity, highlights key transnational policy actors, accessibly introduces research methodologies, and outlines global agendas for education reformIncludes contributions ... Read more

    $166.00 USD

  • The Privatization of Education

    A Political Economy of Global Education Reform

    by Antoni Verger, Clara Fontdevila, Adrián Zancajo ...
    Series series International Perspectives on Educational Reform Series
    Education privatization is a global phenomenon that has crystallized 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. The authors explore the contexts, key personnel, and policy initiatives that explain the worldwide ... Read more

    $38.69 USD

  • Education, Globalisation and the State

    Essays in Honour of Roger Dale

    Edited by Xavier Bonal, Eve Coxon, Mario Novelli, Antoni Verger ...
    Series Book 38 - Global Studies in Education
    This book pays tribute to an intellectual giant. The twenty-one succinct chapters comprising the volume, and the variety of scholars who have authored them, are indicative of his intellectual, geographical and intergenerational reach. These chapters reflect the towering influence of Roger Dale’s work in fields such as the Sociology of Education, Globalization and Education Policy Studies, and ... Read more

    $93.69 USD

  • WTO/GATS and the Global Politics of Higher Education

    by Antoni Verger ...
    Series series Studies in Higher Education
    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 ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

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  • Globalisation, Policy and Comparative Research

    Discourses of Globalisation

    Edited by Joseph Zajda, Val Rust ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    Globalisation, Policy and Comparative Research, which is the fifth volume in the 12-volume book series Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, presents scholarly research on major discourses in comparative education research. It provides an easily accessible, practical yet scholarly source of information about the international concern in the field of globalisation, and ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Media and Development

    by Martin Scott ...
    Series series Development Matters
    Media matters. From encouraging charitable donations and delivering public health messages to promoting democratic participation and state accountability, the media can play a crucial role in development. Yet the influence of the media is not always welcome. It can also be used as a mechanism of surveillance and control or to disseminate hate speech and propaganda.How then should we respond to the ... Read more

    $23.89 USD

  • New Public Governance, the Third Sector, and Co-Production

    Edited by Victor Pestoff, Taco Brandsen, Bram Verschuere ...
    Series series Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management
    In recent years public management research in a variety of disciplines has paid increasing attention to the role of citizens and the third sector in the provision of public services. Several of these efforts have employed the concept of co-production to better understand and explain this trend. This book aims to go further by systematizing the growing body of academic papers and reports that focus ... Read more

    $67.99 USD