Centralization and Decentralization Educational Reforms and Changing Governance in Chinese Societies

Globalization has brought dramatic changes to the character and functions of education in most countries around the world. However, the impact of globalization on schools and universities is not uniform. One public-policy strategy that has been widely adopted is decentralization; but there is no con...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Mok, Ka-Ho (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2004, 2004
Edition:1st ed. 2004
Series:CERC Studies in Comparative Education
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Centralization and Decentralization: Changing Governance in Education
  • Education Reforms and Changing Education Systems
  • 2. The Politics of Decentralization: A Case Study of School Management Reform in Hong Kong
  • 3. Centralization and Decentralization in Educational Governance in Taiwan
  • 4. Centralization and Decentralization in Educational Governance in Taiwan
  • 5. Towards Centralization and Decentralization.in Educational Development in China: The Case of Shanghai
  • 6. Women’s Education in China’s New Socialist Market Economy
  • Changing Governance in Higher Education
  • 7. Centralization and Decentralization: Changing Governance in Education
  • 8. Centralization and Decentralization in Higher Education: A Comparative Study of Hong Kong and Taiwan
  • 9. Universities for Knowledge Economies: Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland within Globalization and Decentralization
  • 10. Progress and Paradoxes: New Developments in China’s Higher Education
  • Conclusion
  • 11. Beyond Decentralization: Changing Roles of the State in Education
  • Notes on the Authors