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School Decentralization in the Context of Globalizing Governance

International Comparison of Grassroots Responses

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  • © 2007

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  1. Holger Daun
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  • Offers a broad view on world system and globalization
  • Links the global and the local and shows how the globalized policy is implemented in the local context
  • Contains "grassroots" case studies from different countries applying a similar world-wide policy

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Globalization and the Governance of National Education Systems

    • Holger Daun
    Pages 5-26

  3. How Does Educational Decentralization Work and What Has it Achieved?

    • Holger Daun
    Pages 27-54

  4. The State Gives, the State Takes: Educational Restructuring in Norway

    • Anne Smehaugen
    Pages 55-75

  5. Steps of Educational Decentralization in Greece: between Delegation and Deconcentration

    • Petroula Siminou
    Pages 77-93

  6. School Autonomy in Nicaragua: Two Case Studies

    • Nuzzly Ruiz De Forsberg
    Pages 95-114

  7. Decentralization in Senegal – Ambiguous Agendas for Community Education

    • Andrea Clemons
    Pages 115-131

  8. Technocratic School Governance and South Africa's Quest for Democratic Participation

    • Suzanne Grant Lewis, Jordan Naidoo
    Pages 133-158

  9. Educational Decentralization in Mozambique: A Case Study in the Region of Nampula

    • Calisto Ribeiro
    Pages 159-174

  10. Decentralization and Community Participation: School Clusters in Cambodia

    • Arnaldo Pellini
    Pages 175-194

  11. People's Participation in School Governance? Realities of Educational Decentralization in Nepal

    • Mahesh Nath Parajuli
    Pages 195-211

  12. Educational Governance: Comparison of Some Aspects

    • Holger Daun
    Pages 213-223

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 225-232
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Since the beginning of the 1980s, decentralization has become a globalized policy and catchword in education: a large number of countries around the world have formulated such a policy and many have also implemented it.The policies and the changes at the national level have been researched but what has taken place and is taking place at the grassroots level has not received attention until recently. This book presents “grassroots cases”from different countries against the background of the overall changes in governance philosophy and applications. It uses case studies from countries in Africa,Asia, Europe, and Latin America and describes what is occurring at this level.The book gives an account of different types of decentralization and their impact.The first two chapters describe principally structural and organizational educational changes in the broader context of globalized models and the pressure to create a competitive education system and changing governance. Decentralization is one of the strategic aspects of this new mode of governance.

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"…I think this book is of great importance globally. It should appeal to policy makers, teacher educators and school administrators around the world." (Dr. Joseph Zajda, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne Campus, Australia)

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