Recent books in comparative education

Zajda, J (Ed.). International Handbook on Globalisation, Education and Policy Research Global Pedagogies and Policies. (ISBN: 1-4020-2828-8). Dordrecht: Springer. 828p. 2005.

Zajda, J (Ed.). Decentralisation and Privatisation in Education: The Role of the State. (ISBN: 1-4020-3357-5). Dordrecht: Springer. 252p. 2006.

Table of contents Introduction Decentralisation and Privatisation in Education/ Joseph Zajda Part One: Global Perspectives on Decentralisation and Privatisation in Education: Privatisation in Education in Canada: A Survey of Trends / Adam Davidson-Harden and Suzanne Majhanovich. Decentralisation and Privatisation of Education in Africa: Which one for Nigeria? / Macleans A. Geo-JaJa. Privatisation, Decentralisation and Governance in Education in the Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, and Sweden / Holger Daun. Privatisation, Decentralisation, and Education in the United Kingdom: The Role of the State / David Turner.Centralisation and Decentralisation in Education Policy: a New Dimension/ Brian J. Caldwell. Part Two: Focus on Asia and Latin America: The Decentralisation of Education in Kerala State, India: Rhetoric and Reality / M.V. Mukundan and Mark Bray. Decentralisation in Education, Institutional Culture and Teacher Autonomy in Indonesia / Christopher Bjork. Decentralisation and School-Based Management in Thailand / David Gamage and Pacharapimon Sooksomchitra. The Politics of Decentralisation in Latin America / Ernesto Schiefelbein. Privatisation and Vouchers in Colombia and Chile / Alberto Arenas. The Politics of Privatisation, Decentralisation and Education Reform in Mexico / Carlos Ornelas.

Zajda, J, Majhanovich, S. & Rust, V. (Eds.). Education and Social Justice (ISBN: 1-4020-4721-5). ). Dordrecht: Springer. 220p. 2006.

Zajda, J. Schooling the New Russians: Transforming Soviet Students to Capitalist Entrepreneurs. (ISBN 1 875408 38 X Pb 1875 408 398 HB). San Francisco/Melbourne: James Nicholas Publishers. 186p. 2006.

Clayton, T. (Ed.) Rethinking Hegemony (ISBN: 1 875408 35 5Pb 1875 408 36 3HB)

San Francisco/Melbourne: James Nicholas Publishers. 254p. 2006.