Education Politics Books

New and Published Books

1. Education in Political Science

   Discovering a neglected field

   Edited by Anja P. Jakobi, Kerstin Martens, Klaus Dieter Wolf

   Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

   This pioneering volume is devoted to the analysis of education from the perspective of political science, applying the full range of the discipline’s analytical perspectives and methodological tools. The contributions demonstrate how education policy can be explored systematically from a variety...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
2. School Psychology and Social Justice

   Conceptual Foundations and Tools for Practice

   Edited by David Shriberg, Samuel Y. Song, Antoinette Halsell Miranda, Kisha Radliff

   School psychology practice does not exist in a vacuum and is not value-neutral. As the role and function of the school psychologist continues to evolve and expand, social justice provides a needed real-world framework for school psychology students, practitioners, supervisors, and professors to...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
3. The Great American Education-Industrial Complex

   Ideology, Technology, and Profit

   By Anthony G. Picciano, Joel Spring

   Series: Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education

   The Great American Education-Industrial Complex examines the structure and nature of national networks and enterprises that seek to influence public education policy in accord with their own goals and objectives. In the past twenty years, significant changes have taken place in the way various...

   Published October 18th 2012 by Routledge
4. Peace Through Education (Routledge Revivals)

   The Contribution of the Council for Education in World Citizenship

   By Derek Heater

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1984, Peace Through Education records the history of the first 45 years of the Council for Education in World Citizenship (CEWC). It describes the rise in interest of increased international understanding in the years preceding the book’s publication and highlights the...

   Published September 20th 2012 by Routledge
5. Education and Climate Change

   Living and Learning in Interesting Times

   Edited by Fumiyo Kagawa, David Selby

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   There is widespread consensus in the international scientific community that climate change is happening and that abrupt and irreversible impacts are already set in motion. What part does education have to play in helping alleviate rampant climate change and in mitigating its worst effects?&...

   Published July 10th 2012 by Routledge
6. Commitment, Character, and Citizenship

   Religious Education in Liberal Democracy

   Edited by Hanan A. Alexander, Ayman K. Agbaria

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   As liberal democracies include increasingly diverse and multifaceted populations, the longstanding debate about the role of the state in religious education and the place of religion in public life seems imperative now more than ever. The maintenance of religious schools and the planning of...

   Published May 20th 2012 by Routledge
7. International Assistance and State-University Relations

   By Jo Bastiaens

   Series: Studies in Higher Education

   This book explores the goals, efforts and outcomes of international assistance to higher education over the past three decades and investigates how these have impacted changing State-university relations. Focusing on the case study of Indonesia, Bastiaens demonstrates how international aid...

   Published April 4th 2012 by Routledge
8. The Gates Foundation and the Future of US “Public” Schools

   Edited by Philip E. Kovacs

   Series: Routledge Studies in Education and Neoliberalism

   There has been much public praise for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s efforts to reform public education. However, few scholars have engaged substantively and critically with the organization’s work. While the Gates Foundation is the single largest supporter by far of "choice" initiatives...

   Published February 20th 2012 by Routledge
9. Education Networks

   Power, Wealth, Cyberspace, and the Digital Mind

   By Joel Spring

   Series: Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education

   Education Networks is a critical analysis of the emerging intersection among the global power elite, information and communication technology, and schools. Joel Spring documents and examines the economic and political interests and forces —including elite networks, the for-profit education industry...

   Published February 8th 2012 by Routledge
10. Education, Capitalism and the Global Crisis

    Edited by Stephen Ball, Meg Maguire, Ivor Goodson

    Education, Capitalism and the Global Crisis focuses on Andrew Gamble’s book The Spectre at the Feast and its analysis of the background to, conduct of, and possible consequences and opportunities brought about by, the current global economic crisis. The views expressed represent a range of...

    Published January 18th 2012 by Routledge