Comparative Education: The Dialectic of the Global and the Local

Robert F. Arnove, Carlos Alberto Torres, Stephen Franz

ISBN 10: 1442217766 / ISBN 13: 9781442217768

Published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Comparative Education: The Dialectic of the Global and the Local
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1442217766
• ISBN 13: 9781442217768
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Editors Robert F. Arnove and Carlos Alberto Torres, along with new coeditor Stephen Franz, have assembled the key scholars in comparative education, bringing a new edition of their groundbreaking book. To be used in graduate courses in comparative education, the new edition retains the same accessible layout and style, but is updated throughout, including a new chapter on the European Union.

About the Author

Carlos Alberto Torres is Distinguished Professor of Education, UNESCO Chair in Global Learning and Global Citizenship Education, and Director of the Paulo Freire Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA. He is President of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies, Founding Director of the Paulo Freire Institutes in Sa~o Paulo, Buenos Aires and at UCLA, and Past President of the Comparative International Education Society (CIES).

CARLOS ALBERTO TORRES is Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Foundations at the University of Alberta, Edmonton. Widely published in Mexico and Latin America, he is the author or editor of twelve previous works in Spanish as well as numerous articles, reviews, and papers. A forthcomingbook, with Daniel A. Morales-Gomez in English, is entitled The State, Corporatist Politics, and Educational Policy Making in Mexico (New York: Praeger, 1990).