Educational Decentralization

Decentralization and Education: Asian Experiences and Conceptual Contributions examines the specific ways in which decentralization policies have affected the structure and delivery of education in eleven Asian nations. Written by top scholars in the field, the case studies provide detailed and rich empirical evidence documenting the tensions as well as synchronisms between the ideas that form the basis of decentralization policy and the contexts into which they are introduced. The high quality of this collection essays and the careful attention to local contexts for implementation will make this book a must read for academics, policy planners, practitioners, and students of Asia.

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STRATEGIES OF EDUCATIONAL DECENTRALIZATION: KEY QUESTIONS AND CORE ISSUES.- WALKING ON THREE LEGS: CENTRALIZATION, DECENTRALIZATION, AND RECENTRALIZATION IN CHINESE EDUCATION.- THE EFFECTS OF LOCAL INTERPRETATION OF DECENTRALIZATION POLICY ON SCHOOL AUTONOMY IN GUANGDONG PROVINCE OF CHINA.- LIMITED DECENTRALIZATION IN THE SINGAPORE EDUCATION SYSTEM.- BUILDING AND DIVERSIFYING EDUCATION SYSTEMS: EVOLVING PATTERNS AND CONTRASTING TRENDS IN HONG KONG AND MACAU.- TRENDS AND ISSUES IN DEREGULATION AND DECENTRALIZATION OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION IN JAPAN.- EDUCATIONAL DECENTRALIZATION IN KOREA: MAJOR ISSUES AND CONTROVERSIES.- TRANSFERRING AUTHORITY TO LOCAL SCHOOL COMMUNITIES IN INDONESIA: AMBITIOUS PLANS, MIXED RESULTS.- CENTRALIZED DECENTRALIZATION IN MALAYSIAN EDUCATION.- DECENTRALIZATION OF EDUCATIONAL GOVERNANCE IN INDIA: TRENDS AND ISSUES.- DOES RHETORIC ALWAYS MATCH REALITY? AN OVERVIEW OF EDUCATIONAL DECENTRALIZATION IN KERALA, INDIA.- DECENTRALIZATION AND DEVOLUTION IN PAKISTAN: EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE PRAETORIAN INTERPRETATION.- EFFORTS TOWARD DECENTRALIZATION: IDEOLOGY VS. REALITYTHE SRI LANKAN CASE.- CONCLUSION: CONNECTING THEORY AND PRACTICE IN EFFORTS TO DECENTRALIZE EDUCATION SYSTEMS IN ASIA.