1st Edition

The Developing World and State Education Neoliberal Depredation and Egalitarian Alternatives

Edited By Dave Hill, Ellen Rosskam Copyright 2009
274 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

276 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

260 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Neoliberalism has had a major impact on schooling and education in the Developing World, with social repercussions that have affected the salaries of teachers, the number and type of potential students, the availability of education, the cost of education, and more. This edited collection argues that the privatization of public services and the capitalization and commodification of education have... Read more

1. Preface:

Susan L. Robertson

(Bristol University, UK)

2. Introduction

Dave Hill and Ellen Rosskam

(University of Northampton, UK)

3. Latin America

Adam Davidson-Harden

(Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.)

Daniel Schugurensky

(The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (OISE/UT), Canada).

4. Mexico

Gian Carlo Delgado-Ramos

(National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM))

John Saxe-Fernández

(National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM))

5. Argentina

Julian Gindin

(Taller de Estudios Laborales, Buenos Aires, Argentina).

6. Brazil

Luis Armando Gandin (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil)

7. Venezuela

Antoni Verger

(Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain)

Thomas Muhr

(Bristol University, UK)

8. Chile

Jill Pinkney-Pastrana

(California State University, USA)

9. Turkey

Fuat Ercan

(University of Marmara, Turkey)

10. Pakistan

Ahmed Mukhtar

(formerly Section Officer (WTO), Ministry of Commerce, Islamabad, Pakistan).

11. India

Ravi Kumar

(Council for Social Development, New Delhi, India)

12. Thailand

Bill Templer

(Rajamangala University of Technology, Thailand)

13. Burkina Faso

Touorouzou Some

(University of Buffalo, NY, USA)

14. South Africa

Salim Vally

(University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa)

15. China

Biography

Dave Hill, Professor of Education Policy (University of Northampton, England), Chief Editor of the Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies (www.jceps.com), has published ten books and lectures worldwide. He was Labour Parliamentary candidate, Labour Council Group Leader, trade union regional leader, and co-founded the Hillcole Group of Radical Left Educators.

Ellen Rosskam is Southeast Europe Policy Scholar at the Southeast Europe Project, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars conducting research on the liberalization of education in Turkey. She is Visiting Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, USA, Work Environment Department and Visiting Senior Fellow at University of Surrey, European Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, England. Dr. Rosskam is a public health and social protection specialist working internationally. She has led research projects at the regional, national and global level, and has worked in over 40 countries.