Table of Contents

Foreword: The World is Not Flat: Challenging Neoliberal Policies David Hursh 1. Introduction: Neoliberal Politics and Education in the Rich World: Inequality, Undemocracy and the Resistant Possibilities and Roles of Critical Educators Dave Hill 2. The American Privatization Campaign: Vouchers, Charters, Educational Management Organizations and the Money Behind Them Karen Anijar and David Gabbard 3. Neoliberalism and Education in Canada Adam Davidson-Harden, Larry Kuehn, Daniel Schugurensky and Harry Smaller 4. The New Built Environment of Education: Neo-liberalism on Trial in Australia Gregory Martin 5. England and Wales: Neoliberalised Education and its Impacts Christine Lewis, Dave Hill and Barry Fawcett 6. Changing the Tide of Education Policy in Finland: From Nordic to EU Educational Policy Model Joel Kivirauma, Risto Rinne and Piia Seppänen 7. The Neoliberal - Neoconservative Reform in Greek Education Georgios Grollios 8. The Third Way and Beyond: Global Neo-liberalism, Education and Resistance in Taiwan Hui-Lan Wang and Michael Loncar 9. Israel: Neoliberal and Nationalist Education: Towards a Political Pedagogy Aura Mor-Sommerfeld, Ehud Adiv and Arnon Dunetz 10. Education in a One Party 'Democracy': Singapore Steve McKenna and Julia Richardson 11. Education Reforms in Japan: Neo-Liberal, Neo-Conservative, and "Progressive Education" Directions Kaori H. Okano. Contributors. Index.