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The Trajectory of Global Education Policy

Community-Based Management in El Salvador and the Global Reform Agenda

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Authors:
  1. D. Brent Edwards Jr.

    1. Department of Educational Foundations, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA

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  • Critically reviews concepts around global education policy and international policy transfer
  • Sheds light on the origins of global education policy using a holistic approach
  • Contributes to the literature on education reform in El Salvador

Part of the book series: International and Development Education (INTDE)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. The Global Education Policy Field: Characterization, Conceptualization, Contribution

    • D. Brent Edwards Jr.
    Pages 1-30

  3. The EDUCO Program: Operation, Analyses, Evaluations

    • D. Brent Edwards Jr.
    Pages 31-66

  4. Critical International Political Economy and Mechanisms/Pathways of Influence

    • D. Brent Edwards Jr.
    Pages 67-94

  5. Investigating the Trajectory of Global Education Policy

    • D. Brent Edwards Jr.
    Pages 95-124

  6. Decentralization and Community-Based Management in Global Perspective: Trends and Institutions

    • D. Brent Edwards Jr.
    Pages 125-148

  7. The National and International Context of El Salvador

    • D. Brent Edwards Jr.
    Pages 149-172

  8. The Development of EDUCO as Government Policy

    • D. Brent Edwards Jr.
    Pages 173-209

  9. Transnational Mechanisms and Pathways in EDUCO’s Development

    • D. Brent Edwards Jr.
    Pages 211-235

  10. EDUCO’s Post-1995 Trajectory and Implications for Global Education Policy

    • D. Brent Edwards Jr.
    Pages 237-266

  11. EDUCO, Community-Based Management, and Global Education Policy: Losses, Legacies, Lingering Issues

    • D. Brent Edwards Jr.
    Pages 267-299

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 301-304
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About this book

This book provides new insights into the phenomena of global education policies and international policy transfer. While both of these issues have gained popularity in the field of international and comparative education, there remains much that we do not know. In particular, while numerous studies have been produced which examine how global education policies—such as vouchers, charter schools, conditional-cash transfers, standardized testing, child-centered pedagogy, etc.—are implemented globally, we lack research which illuminates the origins and evolution of such policies. The book addresses this critical gap in our knowledge by looking at multiple aspects of the trajectory of a particular policy which was born in El Salvador in the early 1990s and subsequently went global. Edwards explicitly analyzes the trajectory of global education policy with reference to the role of international organizations and within the larger international political and economic dynamics that affected the overall country context of El Salvador.

Reviews

“This book is the first rigorous account of the evolution of a global education policy that provides a comprehensive description of the Latin American context and a sophisticated discussion of debates in globalization studies and political economy.” (Gita Steiner-Khamsi, Professor of Comparative and International Education, Columbia University, USA)

“This important book traces the origins and subsequent movement of the Education with Community Participation program (EDUCO) through and by multilateral agencies into other sites. This is exactly the sort of theoretically informed but empirically grounded analysis of global education policy formation that we need more of.” (Stephen J. Ball, Distinguished Service Professor of Sociology of Education, Institute of Education, University College London, UK)

“This volume is a beautifully crafted, in-depth analysis of EDUCO,set in El Salvador. D. Brent Edwards Jr. shows the gains to be had in understanding EDUCO when tracing its multi-scalar dynamics and global trajectory over time and scape. This is case study work at its best.” (Susan L. Robertson, Professor of Education, University of Cambridge, UK)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Educational Foundations, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA

    D. Brent Edwards Jr.

About the author

D. Brent Edwards Jr. is Assistant Professor of Theory and Methodology in the Study of Education at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA. He was previously a Visiting Scholar at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Central America, El Salvador, and a Post-Doctoral Researcher at The University of Tokyo, Japan.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Trajectory of Global Education Policy

  • Book Subtitle: Community-Based Management in El Salvador and the Global Reform Agenda

  • Authors: D. Brent Edwards Jr.

  • Series Title: International and Development Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-50875-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-50874-4Published: 29 September 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-50875-1Published: 25 September 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2731-6424

  • Series E-ISSN: 2731-6432

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 304

  • Topics: International and Comparative Education

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