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ERIC Number: EJ567875
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-0068
Big Policies/Small World: An Introduction to International Perspectives in Education Policy.
Ball, Stephen J.
Comparative Education, v34 n2 p119-30 Jun 1998
Outlines a set of generic "problems" emanating from the global economy that constitute the contemporary social, political, and economic conditions for educational and social policy making. Discusses the emergence of ideological and "magical" solutions to these problems, the dissemination of such solutions, and their recontextualization on national and local levels. Contains 55 references. (Author/SV)
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Capitalism, Diffusion (Communication), Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Educational Trends, Foreign Countries, Free Enterprise System, Global Approach, Ideology, Policy Formation, Postmodernism
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Education Economy Relationship; Global Economy; International Trends
Note: Theme issue: Special Number (20), "Comparative Perspectives in Education Policy."