The Oxford Handbook of Education and Globalization

Paola Mattei, PhD is Professor of Political Science at the Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Milan, Italy. Previously, she was Associate Professor at the University of Oxford and Governing Body Fellow at St Antony's College, University of Oxford. Xavier Dumay, PhD is Professor of Education at UCLouvain, Belgium. His research interests include the globalization of education and educational policies, new-institutional theory, global politics, and changing forms of education. Eric Mangez, PhD is Professor of Sociology at the University of Louvain, Belgium, where he teaches social theory, research method, and political sociology. His earlier work dealt with the sociology of the curriculum, education policies and family-school relations. Jacqueline Behrend, PhD is Professor of Political Science at the School of Politics and Government of the Universidad Nacional de San Martin in Argentina and a tenured Research Fellow at the Argentine National Councilfor Scientific and Technical Research.

The Oxford Handbook on Education and Globalization brings together in a unique way leading authors in social theory and in political science and reflects on how these two disciplines deal with the relation between globalization and education. The handbook develops a firmer and tighter dialogue between social theory and education research, and analyzes the political and institutional factors that shape the adoption of global reforms in education at multiple levels of governance. It is a must-read for anyone looking for a comprehensive overview of how globalization and education interact to result in distinct and varying outcomes across world regions.

Preface: The Globalization-Education Nexus: Social Theory and Comparative Politics