Comparative Education – The Construction of a Field

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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This book addresses the problem of why the intellectual and institutional trajectories of this field diverge. Employing sociological analysis and philosophical argumentation, it examines the literature on the field's intellectual definitions and histories, obtained largely from three major international surveys covering 52 countries, complemented by interviews with 28 comparative education society leaders.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-02-01
Mått167 x 241 x 17 mm
Vikt538 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor320
FörlagHong Kong University Press
ISBN9789881785268

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This book is a remarkable feat of scholarship - so remarkable in fact that I put it in the same league as the great classics of the field that had so much to do with setting the direction of Comparative Education. Indeed, this volume goes further than earlier classics to reveal, through textual analysis and interviews with key figures, how the epistemological foundations of the field and crucial professional developments combined to, as the title indicates, construct Comparative Education. Manzon's work is indispensable - a word I do not use lightly - for scholars who seek a genuine grasp of the field: how it was formed and by whom, its major theoreticians, its professional foundations, and so on. Clearly too, this book marks the rise of a young star, Maria Manzon, who shows promise of joining the ranks of our field's most illustrious thinkers. -- Erwin H. Epstein, Director, Center for Comparative Education, Loyola University