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Zusatztext The book offers a comprehensive range of theoretical traditions and approaches that have shaped the field of comparative and international education as developed in the English-speaking world. Themes and contributors are carefully chosen to demonstrate where the field has come from and where it might be headed to. The book will become an essential text for those who wish to be introduced to, contribute to and deconstruct the paradigm-setting discourse of comparative and international education. Informationen zum Autor Tavis D. Jules is Associate Professor of Cultural and Educational Policy Studies at Loyola University Chicago, USA. He is co-editor, with Robin Shields and Matthew A.M. Thomas, of The Bloomsbury Handbook of Theory in Comparative and International Education (2021) . Robin Shields is Professor of Education at the University of Bristol, UK. He is the author of Globalization and International Education (Bloomsbury, 2013) and a co-editor of the Comparative Education Review. Matthew A.M. Thomas is Senior Lecturer in International and Comparative Education at the University of Glasgow, Scotland.A state of the field collection covering the major theories used in comparative and international education. Zusammenfassung This book offers a practical and approachable overview of central theories in comparative and international education (CIE). The chapters focus in depth on specific theoretical perspectives and seek to elucidate the histories, assumptions, and recent developments of these theories. The chapters also situate the theories within CIE, include specific case studies of theoretical application, and outline suggestions for further reading. Written by leading scholars from around the world, this is must-have reference work for anyone teaching, researching, studying, or working in CIE. The handbook includes chapters on a diverse collection of theories, including but not limited to: Structural-functionalism, Colonialism/Imperialism , Marxism, Human Capital Theory, Dependency/World Systems Theory, Post-Colonialism, Post-Socialism, Post-Foundationalism, Neo-liberalism, Neo-Institutionalism, Neo-Marxism, Policy Borrowing and Lending , Peace Theories, Human Rights, Constructivism, Racism, Gender, Queer Theory, Social Network Theory, Capabilities Theory, and Cultural Political Economy. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgementsPrefaceNotes on ContributorsIntroduction: New Directions in Comparative and International Education, t avis jules SECTION 1: FOUNDATIONAL THEORIES· Section Introduction1. Structural-functionalism in Comparative and International Education: Antecedents, developments, and applications – Marcelo Marques 2. Imperialism, Colonialism, and Coloniality in Comparative and International Education: Conquest, Slavery, and Prejudice – Tavis Jules, Syed Amir Shah, and Pravindharan Balakrishnan 3. Marxism in Comparative and International Education: Foundational Political Economy Perspectives on Education – Robin Shields and Kalyan Kumar Kameshwara 4. Human Capital Theory in Comparative and International Education: Development, Application, and Problematics – Donna C. Tonini 5. Dependency Theory and World-Systems Analysis in Comparative and International Education: Critical Accounts of Education and Development – Tom G. Griffiths SECTION 2: POST-FOUNDATIONAL THEORIES· Section Introduction6. Post-colonialism in Comparative and International Education: Interrogating power, epistemologies, and educational practice – Aizuddin Mohamed Anuar, Arzhia Habibi, and Olga Mun 7. Post-modernism and Post-structuralism in Comparative and International Education: Examining background context, application, and prospective – Edith Mukudi Omwami 8. Post-Socialist Transformations in Comparative and Intern...
