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Economics, Aid and Education

Implications for Development

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  • © 2013

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Editors:
  1. Suzanne Majhanovich

    1. The University of Western Ontario, Canada

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  2. Macleans A. Geo-JaJa

    1. Brigham Young University, USA

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  • This interdisciplinary collection of papers acknowledges education as a key component in growth and development while at the same time showing how education is vulnerable to the forces of globalization and the impact of market-based reforms.

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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    1. Economics, Aid and Education

      • Suzanne Majhanovich, Macleans A. Geo-JaJa
      Pages 1-11

  3. The Politics of Aid and Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. The Economics of Aid

      • Steven J. Klees, Omar Qargha
      Pages 15-27

    3. The New Geopolitics of Educational Aid

      • Mario Novelli
      Pages 29-45

    4. Aid in Education

      • Rukhsana Zia
      Pages 47-60

    5. Critical Analysis of Economics of Education Theories with Regard to the Quality of Education

      • Hasan Hüseyin Aksoy, Aygülen Karahan Karakul, Hatice O. Aras, Dilek Çankaya
      Pages 61-76

  4. Education and Development in a Neoliberal World

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
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    2. How the English Language Contributes to Sustaining the Neoliberal Agenda

      • Suzanne Majhanovich
      Pages 79-96

    3. The Economic Capture of Criticality and the Changing University in Australia and the UK

      • Christine Daymon, Kathy Durkin
      Pages 97-113

    4. Systems of Reason(ING) in the Idea of Education Reforms for Economic Development

      • Bethsaida Nieves
      Pages 115-124

    5. Decentralisation, Marketisation, and Quality-Orientation

      • Hu Rongkun, Qian Haiyan, Allan Walker
      Pages 125-142

    6. Narrative as an Educational Tool for Human Development and Autonomy

      • Helena Modzelewski
      Pages 143-155

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 257-262
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About this book

It is impossible to discuss economics, development or education in a world-wide context without considering the effects of markets or globalization on these issues that have such an impact on humanity. Neoliberalism has had profound consequences for education worldwide, particularly in the developing world. The chapters in this volume include both case studies for specific countries as well as reflections on economic and educational priorities in a globalized world. How development aid is delivered, provisioned and under what conditions is debated in several chapters. Similarly, development as well as poverty are conceived in multi-dimensionalities depending on the context. In addition, the issue of what quality education has come to mean in a globalized age is also addressed. The contrast between discourses of humanistic approaches to education and those of neoliberalism as propounded by the World Bank informs discussions throughout the volume. The collection of papers in Economics, Aid and Education: Implications for Development provides a roadmap for policy makers in developing countries as well as for comparativists to the key issues and challenges of globalization, marketization and internationalization of education in a period of economic crisis. This book explores the contributions of globalization and the roadmaps developed as vehicles for societal transformation. Contributors from all parts of the globe discuss the expanding role of the World Bank’s market reforms in education in developing countries. In a detailed and practical way, the authors question false assumptions of education aid and underline the challenges of funding gaps related to development in education.

Editors and Affiliations

  • The University of Western Ontario, Canada

    Suzanne Majhanovich

  • Brigham Young University, USA

    Macleans A. Geo-JaJa

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