Education Policy & Politics Books

New and Published Books

1. Eight European Central Banks (RLE Banking & Finance)

   Organization and Activities

   By Various

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Banking & Finance

   Uniquely written from inside the banking world this book gives a comprehensive account of the organization and activities of the major central European banks during the 1980s. Each of the individually authored chapters has been written to a common pattern in order to facilitate reference and...

   Published May 24th 2012 by Routledge
2. Banking in Europe (RLE Banking & Finance)

   The Single Market

   By Robert Dixon

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Banking & Finance

   This book describes the different banking systems of the twelve European Community countries and examines how they were affected by the Single European market of 1992. Exploring the implications of relevant EC legislation, the book highlights the problems that face financial institutions trying to...

   Published May 24th 2012 by Routledge
3. Banks as Multinationals (RLE Banking & Finance)

   Edited by Geoffrey Jones

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Banking & Finance

   This comparative, international study looks at origins and business strategies of multinational banks. A distinguished team of bankers and academics from the United States, Japan, Europe and Australia survey the evolution of multinational banks over time and suggest a conceptual framework in which...

   Published May 24th 2012 by Routledge
4. The Gilt-Edged Market (RLE Banking & Finance)

   By Jeremy Wormell

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Banking & Finance

   This book was written at a time when the market for government stocks in London, the gilt-edged market of the title, had undergone a period of rapid innovation in the forms of its instruments – index-linked stocks, variable rate stocks, and other new types – and of methods of issue. This had been...

   Published May 24th 2012 by Routledge
5. Education Outcomes and Poverty

   A Reassessment

   Edited by Christopher Colclough

   Series: Education, Poverty and International Development

   What do we know about the outcomes of education in developing countries? Where are the gaps in our knowledge, and why are they important to fill? What are the policy challenges that underlie these knowledge gaps, and how can education best contribute to eliminating the problem of widespread poverty...

   Published May 23rd 2012 by Routledge
6. Commitment, Character, and Citizenship

   Religious Education in Liberal Democracy

   Edited by Hanan A. Alexander, Ayman K. Agbaria

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   As liberal democracies include increasingly diverse and multifaceted populations, the longstanding debate about the role of the state in religious education and the place of religion in public life seems imperative now more than ever. The maintenance of religious schools and the planning of...

   Published May 20th 2012 by Routledge
7. Thinking Comprehensively About Education

   Spaces of Educative Possibility and Their Implications for Public Policy

   Edited by Ezekiel Dixon-Román, Edmund W. Gordon

   While much is known about the critical importance of educative experiences outside of school, little is known about the social systems, community programs, and everyday practices that can facilitate learning outside of the classroom. Thinking Comprehensively About Education sheds much-needed light...

   Published May 20th 2012 by Routledge
8. Language Planning in Primary Schools in Asia

   Edited by Richard Baldauf, Robert Kaplan, Knonko Kamwangamalu, Pauline Bryant

   In foreign language education, decisions must be taken on what languages to teach, who will teach them, in which schools (i.e. all, only urban, only rural), in which grades, the number of hours a week, and the cost involved. This book explores the answers to these questions across a number of Asian...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
9. Active Learning and Student Engagement

   International Perspectives and Practices in Geography in Higher Education

   Edited by Mick Healey, Eric Pawson, Michael Solem

   This book examines significant issues in geography teaching and learning from the perspectives of an international network of academic geographers and postgraduate students. Drawing on classroom experiences and research in a wide variety of educational settings, the authors describe conceptually...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
10. Educating for Peace in a Time of Permanent War

    Are Schools Part of the Solution or the Problem?

    Edited by Paul R. Carr, Brad J. Porfilio

    Series: Routledge Research in Education

    What is the meaning of peace, why should we study it, and how should we achieve it? Although there are an increasing number of manuscripts, curricula and initiatives that grapple with some strand of peace education, there is, nonetheless, a dearth of critical, cross-disciplinary, international...

    Published May 15th 2012 by Routledge