Education in a Globalized World The Connectivity of Economic Power, Technology, and Knowledge,9780742510982

Education in a Globalized World The Connectivity of Economic Power, Technology, and Knowledge

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ISBN13: 9780742510982
ISBN10: 0742510980
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-08-27
Publisher(s): Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Summary

The seemingly amorphous phenomenon we call globalization involves concrete realities that make it a major source of social change in our contemporary world. Bringing globalization alive for students, this book uses examples and perspectives from economi

Author Biography

Nelly P. Stromquist is professor of international development education at the Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xiii
Theorizing Globalization
1(18)
The Twinning of Ideas and Material Conditions: Globalization, Neoliberalism, and Postmodernism
19(18)
Educational Impacts of Economic and Cultural Globalization
37(26)
Consequences of Communication Technologies on Culture and Education
63(20)
Transnational Corporations and the Creation of New Values and Citizenship
83(20)
The University as the Spearhead of Globalization
103(30)
Gender within Globalized Education
133(24)
Agency and Resistance in the Globalization Era
157(20)
Reframing the Future
177(12)
Appendix A 189(6)
References 195(18)
Index 213(8)
About the Author 221

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