| Local Education Policies: Comparing Sweden and Britain 2002 Edition Contributor(s): Hudson, C. (Author), Lidström, A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333790405 ISBN-13: 9780333790403 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2001 Annotation: Education policy has increasingly become a local matter. Localities and schools adjust education to meet specific local needs. Globalization and the greater emphasis on knowledge in society, however, also embody strong streamlining tendencies. This book examines and compares local education systems in Britain and the way in which Sweden creates the interplay between common tendencies of change and particular local conditions. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Administration - General - Political Science | Public Affairs & Administration - Education | Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects |
| Dewey: 379.41 |
| LCCN: 2001032730 |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 5.7" W x 8.84" (1.12 lbs) 243 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the Western world, education policy has increasingly become a local matter. Localities and schools adjust education to meet specific local needs, fragmentation and diversity. Globalization and the greater emphasis on knowledge in society however, also embody strong streamlining tendencies. This edited volume examines and compares the way in which local education systems in Britain and Sweden are created in the interplay between common tendencies of change and particular local conditions. |