Monthly Archives: January 2012
Confronting the Privatization and Commercialization of Academic Research: An Analysis of Social Implications at the Local, National, and Global Levels
This article addresses the impact of privatization on universities in the United States, focusing, in particular, on the effects on the university mission and academic research in the life sciences. Both public and private nonprofit universities have been affected by … Continue reading
Programs for Democratic Citizenship in Mexico’s Ministry of Education: Local Appropriations of Global Cultural Flows
In this paper, I sharply focus my analysis on recent efforts to create and implement programs for democratic citizenship education at the secondary level in Mexico. Drawing on numerous interviews with key Mexican education policymakers and bureaucrats, as well as … Continue reading
Terrorism: The International Response of the Courts
The thesis of this article is that the countries that have done best against terrorism are those that have kept their appreciation of priorities, retained a sense of proportion, questioned, and where possible, addressed the causes of terrorism, and adhered … Continue reading
Science, Globalization, and Educational Governance: The Political Rationalities of the New Managerialism
This paper examines the transformation of educational governance in the era of new public management and the rise of the “enabling state.” Its aim is not simply to critique recent developments, but rather to analyze how power is exercised in … Continue reading
To What Ends: Educational Reform Around the World
Many “reforms”—such as those related to welfare programs in the United States—can be actually seen as “deforms.” These so-called “reforms” have led to increasing impoverishment and lives of misery for many instead of improving the lives of individuals and their … Continue reading
For-Profit Education Service Providers in Primary and Secondary Schooling: The Drive For and Consequences of Global Expansion
Innovations in technology, transportation, and communication during the twentieth century have paved the way for greater global connectedness and interdependence. Economic globalization and democratization have accompanied these trends toward interconnectedness. While these transformations brought vast increases in the exchange of … Continue reading
From a State-Centered Approach to Transnational Openness: Adapting the Hague Convention with Contemporary Human Rights Standards as Codified in the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Parental kidnapping is an increasing problem throughout the world and the social consequences of globalization have made international child abductions more frequent. In the United States alone, the Department of Justice states that 354,100 children are reported to have been … Continue reading
A World of Passions: How to Think About Globalization Now
Recent events have been unkind to a doctrine that defined global economics and politics during the 1990s. That doctrine, often termed “neo-liberalism” or “the Washington Consensus,” was defined by the belief that free markets and international economic integration would lead … Continue reading