Critically reviews concepts around global education policy and international policy transfer
Sheds light on the origins of global education policy using a holistic approach

Contributes to the literature on education reform in El Salvador

Autorentext
D. Brent Edwards Jr. is Assistant Professor of Theory and Methodology in the Study of Education at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA. He was previously a Visiting Scholar at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Central America, El Salvador, and a Post-Doctoral Researcher at The University of Tokyo, Japan.

Inhalt

1. The Global Education Policy Field: Characterization, Conceptualization, Contribution.- 2. The EDUCO Program: Operation, Analyses, Evaluations.- 3. Critical International Political Economy and Mechanisms/Pathways of Influence.- 4. Investigating the Trajectory of Global Education Policy.- 5. Decentralization and Community-Based Management in Global Perspective: Trends and Institutions.- 6. The National and International Context of El Salvador.- 7. The Development of EDUCO as Government Policy.- 8. Transnational Mechanisms and Pathways in EDUCO's Development.- 9. EDUCO's Post-1995 Trajectory and Implications for Global Education Policy.- 10. EDUCO, Community-Based Management, and Global Education Policy: Losses, Legacies, Lingering Issues.