This two-volume work brings together leading scholars who provide authoritative studies of the old and new epistemic motifs and theoretical strands that have characterized comparative and international education in the last 50 years.

This two-volume compendium brings together leading scholars from around the world who provide authoritative studies of the old and new epistemic motifs and theoretical strands that have characterized the interdisciplinary field of comparative and international education in the last 50 years. It analyses the shifting agendas of scholarly research, the different intellectual and ideological perspectives and the changing methodological approaches used to examine and interpret education and pedagogy across different political formations, societies and cultures.

The International Handbook of Comparative Education examines current cutting-edge themes and the ways in which comparative educationists think about neo-liberalism, market and religious fundamentalisms, knowledge societies, postmodernity and post-colonialism. It also looks ahead and anticipates new directions of thought in comparative education.

Unique in terms of scholarly coverage and relevance Consolidates the major themes of comparative education of the thirty years Opens up current cutting edge themes and the ways in which comparative educationists are thinking about neo-liberalism, market and religious fundamentalisms, knowledge societies, postmodernity and post-colonialism Moves forward to anticipate new directions of thought in comparative education

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section 1. The Creation and Re-Creation of a Field in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries - Theoretical and Conceptual Perspectives / Motifs section 2. Political Formations section 3. The Intersection of the National, the International and the Global section 4. Industrialization, Knowledge Economies and Education section 5. Postcolonialism, Postmodernism and Education section 6. Cultures, Knowledge and Pedagogies section 7. New Thinking section 8. The Cutting Edge: Questioning the Future. Index.