Decentralisation and Privatisation in Education The Role of the State /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Zajda, Joseph (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Subjects: Education.; International education.; Comparative education.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Educational Policy and Politics.; International and Comparative Education.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.

Decentralisation and Privatisation in Education explores the ambivalent and problematic relationship between the State, privatisation, and decentralisation in education globally. Using a number of diverse paradigms, ranging from critical theory to globalisation, the authors, by focusing on privatisa...

Table of Contents:

• Global Perspectives on Decentralisation and Privatisation in Education
• Introduction: Decentralisation and Privatisation in Education: The Role of the State
• Privatisation in Education in Canada: A Survey of Trends
• Decentralisation and Privatisation of Education in Africa: Which one for Nigeria?
• Privatisation, Decentralisation and Governance in Education in the Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, and Sweden
• Privatisation, Decentralisation, and Education in the United Kingdom: The Role of the State
• Focus on Asia and Latin America
• The Decentralisation of Education in Kerala State, India: Rhetoric and Reality
• Decentralisation in Education, Institutional Culture and Teacher Autonomy in Indonesia
• Decentralisation and School-Based Management in Thailand
• The Politics of Decentralisation in Latin America
• Privatisation and Vouchers in Colombia and Chile
• The Politics of Privatisation, Decentralisation and Education Reform in Mexico.