Spring, Joel H.

Education and the rise of the global economy / Joel Spring. - Mahwah, NJ : L. Erlbaum Associates, ©1998. - xii, 234 pages ; 24 cm. - Sociocultural, political, and historical studies in education . - Sociocultural, political, and historical studies in education. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Education and white love: the foundation and language of the global economy -- Japan: western science, eastern morals -- Singapore: schooling for economic growth -- The European Union -- The United States and the United Kingdom: schooling and the free market -- OECD and the World Bank: globalization of human capital ideas -- The United Nations: the right to an education in human rights? -- Conclusion: education and the global economy.

Discussing the relationship between the development of the global economy & educational policy, this text covers topics such as European colonialism, the Japanese response to colonialism, the World Bank, and the United Nations.

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Education--Social aspects.
Education--Economic aspects.
Education--History.
Education--Cross-cultural studies.
Education, Colonial--History.
International education.
Human rights.
Education.
Education, Colonial.
Education--Economic aspects.
Education--Social aspects.
Human rights.
International education.
Educación--Aspectos sociales.
Educación--Aspectos económicos.
Educación--Historia.
Educación--Estudios interculturales.
Educación en las colonias--Historia.
Educación internacional.
Derechos humanos.


Cross-cultural studies.
History.

LC191 / .S686 1998

306.43