Table of Contents

1. The Strands of Comparative and International Education:
2. How One Comparative Education Program Managed to Survive and Make Its Mark on the Field
3. The 1960s and 1970s: Human Capital
4. The 1970s: Comparative Education and Modernity
5. The 1970s: Colonialism, Neocolonialism, and Comparative Education
6. The 1970s and 1980s: World Society Theory and Comparative Education
7. The 1980s: The Politics of Education: Legitimation, Reform, and Knowledge
8. The 1980s: The State and Comparative Education
9. The 1990s: Comparative Education and the Impact of Globalization
10. The 2000s: Impact Evaluation and Comparative Education
11. The 2000s: International Tests and Comparative Education
12. Where Is Theory Headed in International and Comparative Education?

About the Author

Martin Carnoy is the Vida Jacks Professor of Education at Stanford University School of Education. He is former president of the Comparative and International Education Society and is a fellow of the National Academy of Education, the International Academy of Education, the American Educational Research Association, and the Comparative and International Education Society. He has written more than 40 books on economic issues, racial inequality, and education policy, including Cuba's Academic Advantage (Stanford, 2007), and University Expansion in Changing Global Economy (Stanford, 2013).

Reviews

"This volume provides unique insight into the research and theories on international education conducted at Stanford University's School of Education, the global leader in the field. It offers a summary of and reflection on the process that led to the findings of over half a century. A jewel in the epistemology of educational studies and of social sciences at large."—Manuel Castells, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley

"This volume skillfully documents the social forces at play by which theories, policies, and practices in this interdisciplinary field emerged and were transformed since the 1960s. It is a magisterial addition to the literature on the history and political economy of fields of knowledge."—Robert F. Arnove, Chancellor's Professor Emeritus of Educational & Leadership Studies, Indiana University Bloomington