Education Politics Books

New and Published Books

1. 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
2. International Assistance and State-University Relations

   By Jo Bastiaens

   Series: Studies in Higher Education

   This book explores the goals, efforts and outcomes of international assistance to higher education over the past three decades and investigates how these have impacted changing State-university relations. Focusing on the case study of Indonesia, Bastiaens demonstrates how international aid...

   Published April 4th 2012 by Routledge
3. The Gates Foundation and the Future of US “Public” Schools

   Edited by Philip E. Kovacs

   Series: Routledge Studies in Education and Neoliberalism

   There has been much public praise for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s efforts to reform public education. However, few scholars have engaged substantively and critically with the organization’s work. While the Gates Foundation is the single largest supporter by far of "choice" initiatives...

   Published February 20th 2012 by Routledge
4. Education Networks

   Power, Wealth, Cyberspace, and the Digital Mind

   By Joel Spring

   Series: Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education

   Education Networks is a critical analysis of the emerging intersection among the global power elite, information and communication technology, and schools. Joel Spring documents and examines the economic and political interests and forces —including elite networks, the for-profit education industry...

   Published February 8th 2012 by Routledge
5. Education, Capitalism and the Global Crisis

   Edited by Stephen Ball, Meg Maguire, Ivor Goodson

   Education, Capitalism and the Global Crisis focuses on Andrew Gamble’s book The Spectre at the Feast and its analysis of the background to, conduct of, and possible consequences and opportunities brought about by, the current global economic crisis. The views expressed represent a range of...

   Published January 18th 2012 by Routledge
6. Education in the Black Diaspora

   Perspectives, Challenges, and Prospects

   Edited by Kassie Freeman, Ethan Johnson

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   This volume gathers scholars from around the world in a comparative approach to the various educational struggles of people of African descent, advancing the search for solutions and bringing to light new facets of the experiences of black people in the era of globalization....

   Published December 21st 2011 by Routledge
7. Educating for Diversity and Social Justice

   By Amanda Keddie

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   Educating for Diversity and Social Justice foregrounds the personal stories of educators who are engaging the space of schooling as a site of possibility for realizing the goals of social justice. It is a book inspired by a vision of education as a practice of freedom where young people –...

   Published December 20th 2011 by Routledge
8. Politics and the Primary Teacher

   By Peter Cunningham

   Series: Understanding Primary Education Series

   Why is primary education so high on the political agenda, and so contentious? Why is the performance of primary schools so often in the media spotlight? Why should primary teachers trouble themselves with the politics of their work? Politics and the Primary Teacher is an accessible introduction...

   Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
9. Education and Global Justice

   Edited by Michele Schweisfurth, Clive Harber

   Education and Global Justice discusses key themes concerning the relationship between education and global justice in a varied series of highly relevant national contexts. Major international issues such as war, conflict and peace, social justice and injustice, multicultural education, inclusion,...

   Published December 1st 2011 by Routledge
10. Postcolonial Perspectives on Global Citizenship Education

    Edited by Vanessa de Oliveira Andreotti, Lynn Mario T. M. de Souza

    Series: Routledge Research in Education

    This volume bridges the gap between contemporary theoretical debates and educational policies and practices. It applies postcolonial theory as a framework of analysis that attempts to engage with and go beyond essentialism, ethno- and euro-centrisms through a critical examination of contemporary...

    Published November 27th 2011 by Routledge