Antoni Verger is a researcher and lecturer at the Amsterdam Institute for Metropolitan and International Development Studies (AMIDSt) of the Universiteit van Amsterdam. His principal research topics are globalization and education politics, as well as higher education and international development. He was awarded a PhD from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB).

The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) has furthered international pressure towards the liberalization of education all over the world. Antoni Verger explores the constitution of global liberalization entailed by the GATS as well as the opposition to this process.

Introduction

1. GATS, Higher Education and Global Governance Studies

Block I: GATS in Context

2. Education in the WTO/GATS Context

3. GATS, Markets and Higher Education

Block II: Gats Results and Procedures

4. Negotiating the GATS: A Multi-Level System

5. State of Play and Trends of the Negotiations

Block III: Inside the Negotiations

6. GATS and Education: The Passionate Debate

7. For or Against Education Liberalization: The International Struggle

8. Negotiating Education in the WTO: Key Ideas and Actors

9. National Case Studies: Argentina and Chile

Conclusions

10. Explaining the GATS Results in Education

Appendices Appendix 1: Edu-GATS Values Appendix 2: Argentinean Education Liberalization in Mercosur Appendix 3: Chilean Education in FTAs Appendix 4: The Reverse Boomerang Effect