Focusing on comparative examination of educational reforms, this book explores the relation of state practices and educational knowledge to changes in culture and economics among nations. Countries with different state traditions and political regimes are studied to understand how national and global settings are interrelated in current restructuring of education and social welfare policies related to schooling. The regional cases focus on the policies of the European Union, restructuring efforts in Latin America, and family, child welfare, and early childhood policies in Eastern Europe. In addition, specific studies of national changes in Argentina, Great Britain, Germany, Russia, Tanzania, South Africa, and the U.S. are presented.

Thomas S. Popkewitz is Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has published extensively and is the editor of Changing Patterns of Power: Social Regulation and Teacher Education Reform, also published by SUNY Press, as well as The Formation of the School Subject-Matter: The Struggle for Creating an American Institution.