The Bloomsbury Handbook of Theory in Comparative and International Education

This handbook surveys the central theories in comparative and international education (CIE). Each chapter includes an overview of the theory including its history and development, references to examples where the theory has been applied in CIE research and practice, and suggestions for further reading. Written by leading scholars from the USA, the UK, China, Canada, Germany, Australia, Denmark, The Netherlands, Luxembourg and Sweden this is must-have reference work for those studying CIE. The handbook includes chapters on: Structuralism, Colonialism/Imperialism, Marxism, Modernization/Human Capital Theory, World System Theory, Post-Colonialism, Post-Modernism / Post-Structuralism, Post-Socialism/Post-communism/Post-authoritarianism, Feminism/Gender, Post-Foundationalism, Neo-Colonialism and Southern Turn Theory, Neo-liberalism, Neo-Institutionalism, Neo-Marxism, Neo-Realism, Policy Borrowing and Lending and Educational Transfer, Peace Theories, Human Rights, Critical Pedagogy, Transitologies, Actor Network Theory, Communication Theory, Social Network Theory, Capabilities Theory, Cultural Political Economy and Regime Theory. Cover page Halftitle page Series page Title page Copyright page CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS CONTRIBUTORS PREFACE Introduction New Directions in Comparative and International Education THE HISTORY OF THE FIELD THEORY IN COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION REFERENCES PART ONE Foundational Theories CHAPTER ONE Structural-Functionalism in Comparative and International Education INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW APPLICATION IN COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION CONCLUSIONS FURTHER READING MINI CASE STUDY REFERENCES CHAPTER TWO Imperialism, Colonialism, and Coloniality in Comparative and International Education INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION OF COLONIAL EDUCATION IN CIE CONCLUSIONS FURTHER READING MINI CASE STUDY REFERENCES CHAPTER THREE Marxism in Comparative and International Education INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW APPLICATION IN COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION CONCLUSIONS FURTHER READING MINI CASE STUDY REFERENCES CHAPTER FOUR Human Capital Theory in Comparative and International Education INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW APPLICATION IN COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION CONCLUSIONS FURTHER READING MINI CASE STUDY REFERENCES CHAPTER FIVE Dependency Theory and World-Systems Analysis in Comparative and International Education INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW APPLICATION IN COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION CONCLUSIONS FURTHER READING MINI CASE STUDY REFERENCES REFERENCES PART TWO Post-Foundational Theories CHAPTER SIX Post-Colonialism in Comparative and International Education INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW APPLICATION IN COMPARATIVE INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION CONCLUSIONS FURTHER READING MINI CASE STUDIES REFERENCES CHAPTER SEVEN Post-Modernism and Post-Structuralism in Comparative and International Education INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW APPLICATION IN COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION CONCLUSIONS FURTHER READING MINI CASE STUDY REFERENCES CHAPTER EIGHT Post-Socialist Transformations in Comparative and International Education INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW APPLICATION IN COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION? CONCLUSIONS FURTHER READING MINI CASE STUDY REFERENCES CHAPTER NINE Gender in Comparative and International Education INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW AND APPLICATION TO COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION CONCLUSIONS FURTHER READING MINI CASE STUDY REFERENCES CHAPTER TEN Post-Foundational Approaches in Comparative and International Education INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW APPLICATION IN COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION CONCLUSIONS FURTHER READING MINI CASE STUDY REFERENCES REFERENCES PART THREE Theoretical Adaptation and Revision CHAPTER ELEVEN Neoliberalism in Comparative and International Education INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW APPLICATION IN COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION CONCLUSIONS FURTHER READING MINI CASE STUDY REFERENCES CHAPTER TWELVE Framing Comparative and International Education Through a Neo-Institutional Lens INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW APPLICATION IN COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION CONCLUSIONS FURTHER READING MINI CASE STUDY REFERENCES CHAPTER THIRTEEN Neo-Realism in Comparative and International Education INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW TOWARDS NEO- REALISM OR STRUCTURAL REALISM APPLICATION IN COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION CONCLUSIONS FURTHER READING MINI CASE STUDY REFERENCES CHAPTER FOURTEEN Neo-Gramscian Theory in Comparative and International Education INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW APPLICATION IN COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION CONCLUSION FURTHER READING MINI CASE STUDY REFERENCES CHAPTER FIFTEEN Regimes and Regionalism in Comparative and International Education INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW APPLICATION IN COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION CONCLUSIONS FURTHER READING MINI CASE STUDY REFERENCES CHAPTER SIXTEEN Cultural Political Economy (CPE) in Comparative and International Education INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW APPLICATION IN COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION CONCLUSIONS FURTHER READING MINI CASE STUDY REFERENCES REFERENCES PART FOUR Theories of Policy and Practice CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Constructivism and Learner-Centeredness in Comparative and International Education INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW APPLICATION IN COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION CONCLUSIONS FURTHER READING MINI CASE STUDY REFERENCES CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Differentiation Theory and Externalization in Comparative and International Education INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW APPLICATION IN COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION CONCLUSIONS FURTHER READING MINI CASE STUDY REFERENCES CHAPTER NINETEEN Policy-Borrowing and Lending in Comparative and International Education INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW APPLICATION IN COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION CONCLUSIONS FURTHER READING MINI CASE STUDY REFERENCES CHAPTER TWENTY Situating Peace Education Theories, Scholarship, and Practice in Comparative and International Education INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW APPLICATION IN COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION CONCLUSIONS FURTHER READING MINI CASE STUDY REFERENCES CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE Theories of Human Rights Education in Comparative and International Education INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW APPLICATION IN COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION CONCLUSIONS FURTHER READING MINI CASE STUDY REFERENCES REFERENCES PART FIVE Interdisciplinary and Emerging Approaches CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Theorizing Race and Racism in Comparative and International Education INTRODUCTION THEORIZING RACE AND RACISM CONCLUSIONS FURTHER READING REFERENCES CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE Queer Theory in Comparative and International Education INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW APPLICATION IN COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION CONCLUSIONS FURTHER READING MINI CASE STUDY REFERENCES CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR Transitologies in Comparative and International Education INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW APPLICATION TO COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION CONCLUSIONS FURTHER READING MINI CASE STUDY REFERENCES CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE Actor-Network-Theory and Comparative and International Education INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW APPLICATION IN COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION CONCLUSIONS FURTHER READING MINI CASE STUDY REFERENCES CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX Social Network Theory and Analysis in Comparative and International Education INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW APPLICATION IN COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION CONCLUSIONS FURTHER READING MINI CASE STUDY (WITH ERIKA KESSLER) REFERENCES CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN The Capabilities Approach in Comparative and International Education INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW APPLICATION IN COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION CONCLUSIONS FURTHER READING MINI CASE STUDY REFERENCES REFERENCES INDEX Acknowledgements Preface Notes on Contributors Introduction: New Directions in Comparative and International Education, Tavis Jules SECTION 1: FOUNDATIONAL THEORIES è -- Section Introduction 1 -- 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 è -- Section Introduction 6 -- 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 International Education: Monuments, Movements, and Metamorphoses ? Iveta Silova, Zsuzsa Millei, Ketevan Chachkhiani, Garine Palandjian, and Mariia Vitrukh 9 -- Gender in Comparative and International Education: Gender as noun, adjective, and verb ? Laura Wangsness Willemsen and Payal Shah 10. Post-Foundational Approaches in Comparative and International Education: Uncertain Moves toward Unknown Horizons ? Jordan Corson and Susanne Ress -- SECTION 3: THEORETICAL ADAPTION AND REVISION è -- Section Introduction 11. Neo-liberalism in Comparative and International Education: Theory, Practice, Paradox ? Anthony Welch 12. Framing Comparative and International Education Through a Neo-Institutional Lens: The Discourse on Global Patterns and Shared Expectations ? Alexander W. Wiseman 13. Neo-realism in Comparative and International Education: Power, Influence, and Priorities ? Tavis D. Jules, Syed Amir Shah, Pravindharan Balakrishnan, and Serene Ismail 14. Neo-Gramscian Theory in Comparative and International Education: Power, ideas, and institutions ? Tavis D. Jules, Richard Arnol, Pravindharan Balakrishnan, and Victoria Desimoni 15. Regimes and Regionalism in Comparative and International Education: Cooperation and Competition ? Marcelo Parreira do Amaral 16. Cultural Political Economy (CPE) in Comparative and International Education: Putting CPE to Work in Studying Globalisation ? Susan L. Robertson and Roger Dale SECTION 4: THEORIES OF POLICY AND PRACTICE è -- Section Introduction 17. Constructivism and Learner-Centeredness in Comparative and International Education: Where Theories Meet Practice ? Matthew A.M. Thomas and Michele Schweisfurth 18. Differentiation Theory and Externalization in Comparative and International Education: Understanding the Intersections of the global and the local ? Marcelo Parreira do Amaral and Marvin Erfurth 19. Policy Borrowing and Lending in Comparative and International Education: A Key Area of Research ? Gita Steiner-Khamsi 20. Situating Peace Education Theories, Scholarship, and Practice in Comparative and International Education ? Maria Hantzopoulos, Zeena Zakharia, and Brooke Harris Garad 21. Theories of Human Rights Education in Comparative and International Education: From Declarations to New Directions ? Monisha Bajaj and Nomsa Mabona -- SECTION 5: INTERDISCIPLINARY AND EMERGING APPROACHES è -- Section Introduction 22. Theorizing race and racism in Comparative and International Education ? Sharon Walker, Arathi Sriprakash, and Leon Tikly 23. Queer Theory in Comparative and International Education: How Queer is CIE ? Christian A. Bracho 24. Transitologies in Comparative and International Education: Transformation and Metamorphisms ? Tavis D. Jules 25. Actor-Network-Theory and Comparative and International Education: Addressing the complexity of socio material foundations of power in education ? Jason Beech and Alejandro Artopoulos 26. Social Network Theory and Analysis in Comparative and International Education: Connecting the Dots for Better Understanding of Education ? Oren Pizmony-Levy 27. The Capabilities Approach in Comparative and International Education: A Justice-Enhancing Framework ? Joan DeJaeghere and Melanie J. Walker -- Index 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. "Surveying the central theories in comparative and international education (CIE), each chapter of this book includes an overview of the theory including its history and development, references to examples where the theory has been applied in CIE research and practice, and suggestions for further reading. Written by leading scholars from the USA, the UK, China, Canada, Germany, Australia, Denmark, The Netherlands, Luxembourg and Sweden this is a must-have reference work for those studying CIE"-- Provided by publisher